Anglo-Saxon England, Primary Phase (680-710), Sceat, Series E, type 89, SEDE or AESE divided by four saltire crosses, plain central cross, linear border, rev. serpent, biting pellet, coiled clockwise with radiant quills, protecting central saltire cross, 1.18g (SL 93-10; SCBI 69, 299 this coin; T&S type 4var.), waterworn and lightly porous, fair / fine and extremely rare.
provenance
Acquired privately from finder, October 2011,
~ Found by C Best at Garton-on-the-Wolds (East Yorks) ~,
[EMC 2012.0033 = BNJ Coin Register 2012, no. 69]
Estimate: £350 - £450