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Auction: 21060 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part III: Collector's Selection
Lot: 577

Anglo-Saxon England, Kent, Anonymous Early Christian Issues, temp. Eorcenberht (c. 620-655), Gold Shilling, Crondall Types, 'Witmen' Series, small diademed and cuirassed bust right, three wreath-ties behind and angular ear, trident before, linear collar with three pellets, rev. WITMEN MONITA (blundered), short bifurcated cross inside beaded circle, 1.30g, 0° (SCBI 69, 2 this coin; Abramson, 2012a, Fig 4; T&S 1-21, pp. 57-59; A&W xiii; Gannon 47, 55, nos. 213 and 214, 72-3, 159, 167, and Figs. 2.33, 2.70, 5.3a, and 5.5f; North 26; Spink 753 plate coin), of paler gold fabric, otherwise well-centred, very fine or better but for peripheral weakness, scarce

provenance
M Vosper, April 2005

Reportedly found in Northern France


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Sold for
£4,800

Starting price
£1600