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Auction: 19007 - Coins and Commemorative Medals: Winter Auction
Lot: 12

Early Anglo-Saxon England, primary phase (c. 670-680), pale gold Shilling or 'Thrymsa', Oath-taking type, 1.20g, 9h, diademed and draped bust right, hand holding annulet-tipped sceptre, cross pommée behind, rev. blundered legends outside double-pelleted inner ring, lyre-shaped object flanked by crosses, all on tripod (?) in centre (cf. Abramson 9-10; Metcalf pp. 47; cf. Sutherland 26; N.17var.; S.766var.), struck with flawed dies, nevertheless well-centred for issue, a bolder fine, the reverse better, very rare

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Sold for
£1,700

Starting price
£1000

Sale 19007 Notices
Found Postwick, Norfolk, 2009.