Series Z, type 66 -

Anglo-Saxon England, Primary Series (680-710), Sceat, Series Z, type 66, haunted face with long beard, cross pommée to right, blundered legend around, rev. long-legged 'hound' or 'wild boar' sniffing right, erect ears, tail curls below body, angular legs and feet, blundered legend around, 1.20g, 90° (SL 102-60; SCBI 69, 121 this coin; T&S pp. 133-9, 140-5; Gannon 28, 29, 128-9, 161, Figs. 2.7a, 4.32; North 145; Spink 782 plate coin).

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 #73.  Rare.  Provenance: M Vosper, February 2004.