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Auction: 21060 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part III: Collector's Selection
Lot: 891

Anglo-Saxon England, Eclectic Sceattas (710-760), Sceat, Swan, hen or cockerel left, wing raised, gaping mouth, fantail, erect comb, standing in foliage and pecking berries, rev. large bird, possibly a swan or goose, right, wing over back, long tail feathers, turning head to peck berries suspended above, foliage below, 0.77g, 180° (SL 51-10, plate coin; SCBI 69, 808 this coin; North -; Spink 825), lightly porous and stained, otherwise largely centred, a bolder fine, extremely rare

provenance
S Gillick, June 2013

~ Found at Codford (Wilts) ~




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Estimate
£350 to £450

Starting price
£340