Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series O, type 38, Mint in East Kent, bust right, snub nose descending from hairline, swept back hair - or perhaps a helmet with nasal, beaded inner circle with cable border, rev. small crested bird, right, in beaded serpent torc, anticlockwise, sprig before bird, cable border, 0.88g, 180° (SL 58-30, plate coin; SCBI 69, 587 this coin; North 95; Spink 807), light surface porosity, otherwise toned and lustrous, a pleasingly bold very fine, very rare.
provenance
J Philpotts, June 2010
Estimate: £450 - £550