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Auction: 21060 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part III: Collector's Selection
Lot: 634

Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series R2, "Rigold" (R1X) related [?], bust right, linear pyramidal neck, runic legend before Gepa, ^ and pellet-in-annulet behind, rev. beaded standard enclosing votive legend, central annulet, pellets below, diagonals at outer corners, annulets to each side connected to standard by lines, 0.89g, 90° (SL 11-20; SCBI 69, 657 this coin; Abramson, 2012b, Fig 11d; T&S pp. 502-9, 394-5; North 153; Spink 813), lightly cleaned with some staining in recesses, otherwise a broader striking, a bolder very fine

provenance
Acquired privately from finder, July 2009

~ Found by K Kimmings at Great Wilbraham (Cambs) ~

[EMC 2010.0019 = BNJ Coin Register 2010, no. 121]


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