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Auction: 21060 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part III: Collector's Selection
Lot: 958

Anglo-Saxon England, Primary Phase (680-710), Sceat, Series Z, type 66, Christ facing with closed eyes suggestive of death mask, bell-shaped hair style curling outward, horizontal moustache [?] with forked beard, pellets above, VO right, mirrored left, rev. long-legged or wild boar, hound sniffing left, tail intertwines rear legs, erect ears, wave above, pellets in field, 0.95g, 0° (SL 102-50, plate coin; SCBI 69, 120 this coin), small edge chip resulting in a minor flan split and slightly porous, otherwise darker tone, very fine, extremely rare

provenance
J Philpotts, Jun 2010

~ Found at Littleton, near Winchester (Hants) ~




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Sold for
£350

Starting price
£400