Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series QIIIA, type 64, sinuous quadruped left, looking back and up, tail rising clockwise between hind legs to form triquetra above, foreleg raised, angular feet, pellets in field, rev. sea bird or eagle right, looking forward, splayed feet, pellets before, rosette behind, triquetra above, 1.00g, 0° (SL 2, 65-20; SCBI 69, 640 this coin; Spink 810A plate coin; T&S pp. 495-6, 386-7; Gannon: 134, 151, no. 305, 191-2, and Figs. 4.7b, 4.30, and 4.38a; MEC 8 Series Qc; North 139; Spink 810), well centred, with only faint traces of porosity, nevertheless a really bold very fine, very rare.
provenance
K Chapman, June 2005,
~ Found at Harwell (Oxon) ~,
[EMC 2005.0267 = BNJ Coin Register 2006, no.133]
Estimate: £600 - £800