Anglo-Saxon England, Primary Series, temp. Æthelred of Mercia (675-704), Sceat, "Series E", type 105, runic ÆTHILI | RÆD in two lines either side of beaded base line (not boustrophedon), triple beaded border, rev. quilled crescent with pellet head, coiled left, enclosing three bars, with wavy exergual line, 1.13g, 90° (SL 2, 92-10, plate coin; SCBI 69, 297 this coin; T&S pp. 246, 263; JMP, pp. 222-23; Gannon 132, 138, 175, no. 133, 181, Fig. 5.28c; North 155; Spink 780), dusky tone, otherwise neatly centred, very fine and very rare.
provenance
M Vosper, July 2008,
Reportedly found in the Thetford area (Norfolk),
[EMC 2009.0042]
Estimate: £400 - £600