Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series N, two figures facing, possibly naked, inner arms or cloaks to ground, pellet filled field, figure on right holding curved, inverted wolf-headed staff, rev. monster in flight right, looking back, erect tail with pellet end, long crest behind, pellet filled field, 0.94g, 180° (SL 52-35, plate coin; SCBI 69, 572 this coin; North 99; Spink 806), verdigris spots and a trace off-struck, otherwise toned, a really bold very fine, extremely rare.
provenance
T Owen, July 2012
Estimate: £400 - £500