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Auction: 21060 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part III: Collector's Selection
Lot: 957

Anglo-Saxon England, Primary Phase (680-710), Sceat, Series Z, type 66, Christ facing with prominent cheeks, bell-shaped hair style curling outward, long downswept moustache and beard forked into W-shape, pellets either side of head and beard, rev. long-legged hound or wild boar prancing right, legs cross, large claws below, lowered tail with pellet finial rises below body, ears erect, 1.20g, 0° (SL 102-40, plate coin; SCBI 69, 118 this coin), heavy obverse die crack, otherwise toned with only faint traces of waterwear, very fine, the reverse better, rare

provenance
P Revell, July 2008

Reportedly found on the Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border

[EMC 2009.0034]



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Sold for
£520

Starting price
£495