Series R1/2, -

Anglo-Saxon England, Late Primary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series R1/2, Epa, small radiate bust with pyramid neck on curved exergual lines either side of beaded line, tepa outwards and partially retrograde before, TAT behind but misaligned, rev. beaded votive standard enclosing votive legend, curved tufa containing trefoil of pellets, cross below, IToTI to side, again misaligned, 1.22g, 270° (DMM sub variety 12; SL 11-20; Abramson, 2012b, Fig 11c; SCBI 69, 654 this coin; Gannon 24, 43-5, 43, nos. 144, 45; nos. 151, 55, 56, 60, 160; nos. 30, 168; nos. 85, 172, 174, 175-6, 191, and Figs. 2.30, 2.31, 2.46, 2.47, 5.5e, 5.19c; EMC 2009.0110 same dies; North 153; Spink 813).

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 #89.  Acquired privately from finder, January 2007 ~ Found by R Spour near Driffield (East Yorks), 20 January 2007.