Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series QIA, variety 1, East Anglian Mint, two figures facing, square shoulders, wearing long tunic tied at waist, long cross pommée between and at either side, trefoil above, rev. monster in flight left, looking back, gaping jaws, crest behind, raised tail, clawed feet below; pellets in field, 1.06g, 0° (SL 63-10; SCBI 69, -; North -; Spink 808A), toned but light porosity, of good fabric, very fine, scarce.
provenance
Dr Joseph D Robinson, CNG Triton XXI, 9 January 2018, lot 1361,
Finn, Memorial FPL, 2001, no. 39
Estimate: £350 - £450