Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series O, type 40, slender figure facing, wearing short, pleated tunic, long cross pommée at either side, pellets on shaft of crosses and in field, feet left, rev. monster right, looking back, gaping mouth, leg raised behind head, raised curling tail, pellet outline, fur beneath, clawed feet below, 1.14g, 270° (SL 55-10; SCBI 69, 599 this coin; T&S pp. 477-81; North 114; Spink 807B), largely centred and of bright silver, otherwise a handsomely bold very fine.
provenance
W Burman, April 2011
Estimate: £250 - £350