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Auction: 21060 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part III: Collector's Selection
Lot: 857

Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Fledgling, style b, wolf head right, prominent mane behind, round eye, pointed ear above, serpent (?) curling below, serrated border, rev. eagle running right, large claws below, carrying fish in mouth, trefoil tail in triquetra above, beaded border, double at top, 1.19g, 270° (SL 44-20; SCBI 69, 454 this coin; Abramson, 2008, Fig 10; Spink 832), light porosity and discoloration on high points, otherwise of brighter silver, a really bold very fine, extremely rare

provenance
M Rasmussen, February 2006

~ Found by R Tebble (East Yorks), 2004/5 ~



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Sold for
£1,200

Starting price
£1200