ANGLO-SAXON, Transitional/Pre-Primary Phase. Circa 665/70-670/5. AR Sceatt (12mm, 1.24 g). 'Vanimundus' series, Rigold VaB, type 55. Mint in East Anglia (Mid-Suffolk). Diademed bust right; staff over left shoulder, annulet before mouth / Cross pattée within double beaded circle. EMC 2015.0006 (this coin); Abramson 2.10; MEC 8 Series VAb; North 12/2; SCBC 774. Pierced, traces of find patina, minor roughness. Fine.
Ex Dix Noonan Webb 128 (11 February 2015), lot 82. Found in Cavenham, Sussex, November 2014.