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Auction: 21060 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part III: Collector's Selection
Lot: 628

Anglo-Saxon England, Primary Series (680-710), Sceat, Saroaldo, type 11, disintegrated bust right with diadem low on forehead, eye in upper angle of nose, pellet lips, crescent ear, ladder collar, annulet before, rev. cross pommée in beaded diamond with trefoil of pellets in each quadrant, initial cross and legend, 1.14g (SL 7-40; SCBI 69, 144 this coin; T&S pp. 147-51, 151-4; Gannon 49, 128, 172, no. 114, 174, 177, no. 142 and 143, 184 no. 22, 185, and Fig. 4.31; North 44; Spink 784), toned with only minor striking softness before nose, otherwise good very fine, rare thus

provenance
J Philpotts, April 2011

Reportedly found near Lincoln

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Sold for
£700

Starting price
£420