Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Triquetras, variety 4, seven-eighths facing, mantled, bust in saddleback drapery, knotted wreath ties each side, rev. bird right, pecking berries in foliage, 0.94g, 180° (SL 110-55, plate coin; SCBI 69, 448 this coin; T&S 344, pp. 424-5, no. 4 same obverse die), lightly porous but the portrait struck up, spots of verdigris otherwise almost very fine, rare.
provenance
E Vandenbrossche, October 2012,
Reportedly found near Troyes in the Champagne area (France)
Estimate: £300 - £400