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Auction: 21060 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part III: Collector's Selection
Lot: 842

Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series K, type 32a, diademed and draped bust right, almond-shaped eye, small mouth, "Hwiccian" neck, wreath ties behind, cupping cross pommée before, pellet on shaft of cross, rev. serpent headed, coiled 'lion' right, erect ear, round eye, encircled by extended, beaded tongue in knot, ending in serpent head, left, above, beaded border, 1.13g, 180° (SL 40-40, plate coin; SCBI 69, 419 this coin; North 89; Spink 803C), faint traces of porosity, otherwise toned, a bolder very fine, rare

provenance
J Philpotts, March 2014

Reportedly found in Essex



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£400

Starting price
£500