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Auction: 19025 - Ancient, Indian and Islamic, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 1595

Early Anglo-Saxon England, post-Crondall series (c. 655-675), pale gold Thrymsa, "PADA" type, 1.29g, cta - iznc, both cs retrograde, clockwise from lower left around helmeted bust right, rev. pada in runes on beaded standard, iam above, tufa flanked by two vs below, v between pellets to left (Abramson 1.10 'Coddenham' style; Pa.1a2; N.151; S.768), good very fine, clearly with high gold content and so presumably an early coin, the rarest of the enigmatic PADA issues, and the third example of this sub-variety known

provenance
Found Kent
Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, EMC 2018.0248

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Estimate
£6,000 to £8,000