T deriv., type 46, DE LVNDONIA/ SCORVM -

Anglo-Saxon England,Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series T derivative, type 46, DE LVNDONIA/SCORVM type, London, fine diademed bust right, wreath ties behind, quatrefoil before, DE LVNDONIA+ surrounds head, rev. quilled crescent with globular head left, enclosing four pelleted bars. SCORVM below, 1.13g, 270° (SL 24-50; SCBI 69, 533 this coin; T&S pp. 536; Gannon 17, no. 84, 132, 175, 180-1, 189 no. 62, 190, no. 71, and Figs. 5.23, 5.28b; Spink 824A). Extremely rare.

Images and selected text reproduced by kind permission of Spink and Son Ltd, London, auction 21000, The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part I, March 18th 2021, lot #143.  Acquired privately from finder, 2007 ~ Found by B Hamilton at Oxborough (Norfolk), 4 November 2007 ~ [EMC 2007.0280]