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Auction: 21060 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part III: Collector's Selection
Lot: 921

Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series O, type 38, Mint in East Kent, bust right, snub nose descending from hairline, swept back hair - or perhaps a helmet with nasal, pincer shoulder ornament breaks beaded inner circle, cable border, rev. large crested bird striding left, torc clockwise, cable border, 1.07g, 0° (SL 58-50, plate coin; SCBI 69, 589 this coin; North 95; Spink 807), slightly waterworn, otherwise darkly toned, a really good fine / almost very fine, very rare

provenance
J Philpotts, June 2007

Reportedly found in Gloucestershire, March 2007

[EMC 2008.0063 = BNJ Coin Register 2008, no. 159]




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Sold for
£320

Starting price
£300