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Auction: 21060 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part III: Collector's Selection
Lot: 841

Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series K, type 32a, diademed and draped bust right, framed in 'keyhole', braided hair, long nose from brow, knotted wreath ties behind, hand cupping cross pommée before, rev. serpent headed, coiled lion, right, tongue entwines straight foreleg, hind limbs coiled above, lines and pellets form fur behind, 1.00g, 0° (SL 40-20, plate coin; SCBI 69, 417 this coin; North 89; Spink 803C), chipped with some unfortunate delamination before face, otherwise slightly base, about very fine, the reverse a really bold very fine, rare

provenance
K Chapman, September 2005

~ Found near Hull (East Yorks), 2003 ~

[EMC 2005.0273 = BNJ Coin Register 2006, no.110 (Pl. no. '100')]




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Estimate
£350 to £450

Starting price
£350