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Auction: 21060 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part III: Collector's Selection
Lot: 610

Anglo-Saxon England, Primary Series (680-710), Sceat, Late Series C / Early Series R mule, type 77, large radiate bust right with angular collar, rosette behind, pellets in field, unusually exergual wire and beaded lines almost vertical to right, rev. beaded votive standard with radial letters around central pellet, plain cross above, chevron right, diagonal at top right corner, 1.15g, 0° (SL 4-50; SCBI 69, 90 this coin; 'Beowulf' 86; SEMC2, 125-153; T&S pp. 106-16, 121-31; Gannon 43-4, 43, no. 144, 48, no. 173, 55, 172-3, 184, no. 18, and Figs. 2.29b, 5.19b; North -; Spink 779/813), slightly waterworn, otherwise toned, a bolder very fine and very rare

provenance
J Philpotts, August 2008

Reportedly found in west Berkshire

[EMC 2009.0032]

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Sold for
£150

Starting price
£135