Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series S, type 47, Imitative [?], stiff legged, female centaur left, spiky hair, torso forward, looking back, wearing cynehelm, prominent lips, holding palm fronds either side, tail with finial end intertwines rear legs, rev. wolf whorl clockwise, with elongated tongues joining in beaded spiral cross, central rosette, 0.95g (SL 68-80, plate coin; SCBI 69, 776 this coin; MEC 8 Series Sa; North 121; Spink 814), somewhat off-centre with a minor chip, otherwise lightly toned, about very fine, extremely rare.
provenance
P Revell, January 2011,
Reportedly found in Essex,
[EMC 2010.0414]
Estimate: £600 - £800