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Auction: 21060 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part III: Collector's Selection
Lot: 929

Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series V, Wolf & Twins, type 7, wolf of fine style right, suckling twins, looking down and back, long limbs and tail, rev. bird with back turned, beak open, astride two branches, with berries, which give to take the weight, 1.06g, 170° (SL 62-10; SCBI 69, 802 this coin; Abramson, 2012a, Fig 32; 2012b, Fig 7; T&S pp. 570-5, 453; Gannon 119, 139, no. 225, 144-5, 185, Figs. 4.18a, 4.53; MEC 8 Series V; North 120; Spink 817), lightly porous and waterworn, otherwise toned, a bolder very fine, the wolf eyes particularly proud, a bolder very fine, rare

provenance
D Atkin, November 2015



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Estimate
£1,000 to £1,200

Starting price
£1000