Anglo-Saxon Coins - Continental Issues - Series X - Wodan Bust AR Sceatta
695-740 A.D. Obv: facing 'Wodan' head with long hair and beard; pellet-ended cross each side, within a pelleted border. Rev: dragon beast left with head looking back over shoulder to right, swallowing tail and with prominent pellet-tipped phallus, within a pelleted border. S. 797; N. 117; see Metcalf pp.275-293 & pl.16, no.275. 1.09 grams. Ex late John Cross collection, Canterbury, UK.Acquired Canterbury Auction Galleries, 3 October 2021, lot 569 (part).Property of two Kent sisters, by gift from their parents.