Anglo-Saxon. Sceatta, c.710-60. Wodan Head / Pecking Bird Type. Hamwic Mint.

Anglo-Saxon. Sceatta, c.710-60. Wodan Head / Pecking Bird Type. Hamwic (Southampton) Mint. Series H, Type 49, Variety 3 Reverse.

 

Diameter: 12-13mm.

 

Obv: Woden head facing within a pellet border, bosses (pellets-in-annulets) around. Rev: A pecking crested peacock with splayed feet right, cross pommée below neck, pellet in annulet above.

 

Provenance: Detector find, Bradford Peverell, Dorset, c.2014.

 

Reference: S.801A, Sceatta List (Spink) page 186, variety 3 reverse.

 

An unusually well struck example in a very good state of preservation. The strong strike and attractive tone leaving the coin with superb appeal. A striking piece of Anglo-Saxon art.

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