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Auction: 21060 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part III: Collector's Selection
Lot: 966

Anglo-Saxon England, Primary Phase (680-710), Sceat, Series F, type 24b, heavy-jowled bust right, wearing helmet with neck guard, exaggerated features, cross pattée behind, blundered legend in square lettering, rev. cross pattée on steps, cross pattée above, Ts in upper quarters, pellet between, annulets on limbs and below, blundered legend in square lettering, 1.11g, 90° (SL 106-40; SCBI 69, 109 this coin; Spink 781), of brighter silver with traces of porosity and waterwear, otherwise very fine, certain devices bolder still

provenance
Acquired privately from finder, May 2010

~ Found by L Ross, near Cliffe, Rochester (Kent) ~


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Estimate
£250 to £300

Starting price
£250