Watch List notes:

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, prominent jaw, neck ornament breaks beaded inner circle, cable border, rev. large bird striding right, sprig before, serpent with distinct head in clockwise torc, 0.93g (SL 58-40, plate coin; SCBI 69, 588 this coin; North 95; Spink 807), traces of porosity or a darker patinated flan, very fine, rare.
provenance
DNW 68, December 2005, lot 335,
~ Found on the Thames foreshore, 2005 ~,
[EMC 2006.0278]


Estimate: £400 - £500