Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series O, type 40 variant, barrel female figure facing, head right, wearing tunic, long cross pommée either side, rev. monster in flight left, looking back, raised leg behind head, fur beneath, clawed foot below, cross pommée over back, 1.20g, 180° (SL 55-40, plate coin; SCBI 69, 604 this coin; Spink 821 plate coin), slightly waterworn, otherwise darkly toned on a dumpy flan, near very fine and extremely rare, considerably better in hand.
provenance
K Chapman, March 2010,
Reportedly found in Thurrock (Essex), 2005
Estimate: £200 - £250