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Auction: 16019 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 1, Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins
Lot: 35

Anglo-Saxon, Sceatta, 0.92g., secondary phase, c.710-c.760, series Q, var IH var., half-length profile bust right, cross before, pellets in fields, rev. quadruped left, pellets in fields (Abr. -; EMC2015.0539 – same dies; cf. N.144; cf. S.808D), base metal, well-centred and full flan, good fine, extremely rare, an extremely rare reverse for series Q

The obverse of this coin matches that well known for series Q variety IH, however the reverse is new with the quadruped looking forward not back and lacking the long tail that curves between its legs. The EMC 2015, example found in Essex, is the only other example of this coin noted to date.

PROVENANCE
C.J. Martin, 1 May 1992

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