Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series QIE, type 67b, diademed or capped, draped bust right, wreath ties behind, cross pommée before, rev. sea bird or eagle left, wing raised, three tail feathers, feet splayed, pellets in field, 0.85g, 90° (SL 63-70; SCBI 69, 619 this coin; T&S pp. 488-95, 382-5; Gannon 28-9, 39, 53, 65, 87, 101, no. 159, 148-50, 175, 191-2, and Figs. 2.7b, 2.44; MEC 8 Series Qa; North 133; Spink 808A), light porosity, otherwise neatly centred with some staining spots, otherwise lustrous, a bolder very fine.
provenance
Acquired privately from finder, October 2008,
~ Found at Diss (Norfolk) ~,
[EMC 2009.0072]
Estimate: £150 - £200