ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 730/5-745. AR Sceatt (12mm, 0.89 g). Series S, type 47. Mint in Essex. Female centaur standing left, torso facing, holding palm frond in each hand / Four wolves' heads in clockwise circle, tongues forming whorl; rosette at center. Abramson, "Iconic Sceats," in BNS Research Blog (26 December 2020), fig. 24c (this coin illustrated); Abramson 68-80 (this coin illustrated); MEC 8 Series Sa; North 121; SCBC 814. Slight porosity under rich find patina. Good VF. Very rare.
Ex T. Abramson (Part I, Spink 269, 18 March 2021), lot 288, purchased from J. Philpotts, June 2010. Found in Ewelme, Oxfordshire.