Saltire standard, variety P1ai, type 51 -

Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Saltire standard, variety P1ai, type 51, two naked figures with exaggerated features, bird-headed figure on right looking across, moustached figure left, long cross pommée on stand between and long cross each side, rev. beaded saltire in double beaded standard, trefoils in angles, pellets in margins, 0.90g (SL 13-80; Abramson and Bonser, 1999, 101/159; 104/177; 164/174, and Figs. 5.9a, 5.22; Abramson, 2012b, Fig 17j; SCBI 69, 721 this coin; T&S pp. 524-7, 432-3; North 53; Spink 833 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 #106. Provenance: T Owen, January 1995