Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas. East Anglia. ca 680-710. AR Sceatta, (1.16 g. Series Z imitative, type 66.

Facing head with almond-shaped eyes, long hair, moustache and W-shaped beard.
Long-legged hound or boar right with claws as feet, tail raised ending in dots, dots in fields and between legs. 

SCBI 69, 115; Spink 782; North 145. Very rare. 

This type, imitating series Z, first appeared in 
the Kings Lynn find in the early 1990s.

Used by permission of CNG, www.cngcoins.com 
CNG 69, Lot: 2103. June 2005.