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Auction: 15006 - Ancient, Islamic, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 366

Anglo Saxon, Sceatta, 0.95g, Secondary phase, c.710-c.760, series N, type 41b, two facing figures wearing tunics, each holding long cross pommée on one side and also sharing a long cross pommée between them, groundline below, rev. crested monster left looking back, pellets surrounding, tail an 's' shape (Abramson Th 5, Gp 52, Var 40, p.142; N.98 var.; S.806), a field find with areas of corrosion most notably by right figure and on beast's face, a dark tone and apparent surface porosity on this, a well-struck obverse showing some sharp detail, good very fine / nearly very fine

provenance:
Found Isle of Wight, 23 March 2015
Recorded with the British Museum, ref. IOW324E5A

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