Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series N/Celtic Cross mule, monster right, looking back, claws below, tail raised below jaws, pellet outline, rev. celtic cross with broad limbs, central pellet cross and rosette in each angle, 0.98g (SL 53-17, plate coin; SCBI 69, 551a this coin), verdigris in recesses of a base but attractively patinated fabric, good fine / very fine with traces of silvering, extremely rare.
provenance
Acquired privately from finder, January 2017
~ Found by N Morley, near Wallingford (Oxon) ~
[EMC 2017.0037]
Estimate: £280 - £320