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Auction: 21060 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part III: Collector's Selection
Lot: 631

Anglo-Saxon England, Primary Series (680-710), Sceat, Saroaldo, type 11, variety with affinities to Series E, stylised bust right with braided hair, boss before, crescent ear, annulet eye, beaded pyramidical neck, beaded diadem to top and rear of head, rev. beaded standard, central pellet-in-annulet, blundered letters and symbols around and in margin, 1.21g (SL 7-50, plate coin; SCBI 69, 145 this coin; North 44; Spink 784), some deposits in recesses, otherwise a cheeky portrait, lightly toned, good very fine and very rare

provenance
M Vosper, April 2008

Reportedly found in South Lincolnshire

[EMC 2009.0043]

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Sold for
£520

Starting price
£500