Anglo-Saxon - Extremely Rare Helmeted Type (Int90?) - Continental Sceatta > Lot No. 339

Description:
C. 695-740 AD. Obv: stylised helmeted head left, the helmet decorated with pellet crest and possibly neck guard attached below; eye and nose (possibly nasal guard) formed of one scroll. Rev: C.O in field within pelleted inner circle, +SV[ ]II legend around.

Measurements:
Silver, 0.97 grams, 11.69 mm.

Condition:
Struck slightly off-centre, but about good very fine and extremely rare, an otherwise unrecorded type found in UK.

References:
S. -; N. -; MEC -; EMC 2009.0337 (this coin); BNJ Register 2010 (forthcoming; this coin).

Provenance:
Found near Oxborough, Norfolk.

Estimate: £350 - 500 (EUR 440 - 620; USD 560 - 790)

Auction date: Thursday 9th September 2010 at The Swedenborg Hall 20-21 Bloomsbury Way
London WC1A 2TH

Sold for: £550