Anglo-Saxon England, Primary Phase (680-710), Sceat, Series O, type 40 or Q related, standing figure, bulbous head right, triangular body enclosing trefoil, feet right, no arms, cross pommée left, globus cruciger right, rev. monster in linear style, fleeing left, looking back, biting tail, hirsute mane, 0.99g, 0° (SL 107-25, plate coin; SCBI 69, 812 this coin), slightly off-centre and traces of porosity, otherwise of good fabric, a pleasingly bold very fine and extremely rare.
provenance
Acquired privately from finder, May 2013,
~ Found by G Vickers near Louth (Lincs) ~,
[EMC 2012.0234]
Estimate: £500 - £600