Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series QIIC, type 65, quadruped left, looking back and up, angular foreleg raised, arched tail falls between forelegs, pellet filled field, rev. sea bird or eagle left, feet splayed, forked tail, wings flapping, cross pommée before, pellets in field, 0.96g, 180° (SL 64-40; SCBI 69, 633 this coin; MEC 8 Series Qb; North –; Spink 809), light porosity and largely centred, a bolder very fine, very rare.
provenance
B Fisher, September 2011,
~ Found by Revd. Ron Dyer at Sutton (Notts), August 1995 ~,
[PAS LEIC-C4AC96 = EMC 2009.0145 = BNJ Coin Register 2009, no. 206]
Estimate: £600 - £800