Rare Series QR 'Monster' Sceatta
Silver, 0.82 grams; 12.78 mm. Circa 710-760 AD. Obverse: radiate bust right with large square nose and blundered legend in front. Reverse: sketchy stylized four legged beast walking right with three ended pelleted tail and beak type mouth. Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge University as: EMC 2008.0447. Listed as extremely rare. Ref: Thrymsas and Sceattas in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford by D.M. Metcalf; page 498 volume 3. M. 388; S. 832b. Very fine. Found near Linton, Cambridgeshire.