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Auction: 21000 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part I (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 23

Anglo-Saxon England, Post-Crondall Types (c. 655-675), Pale Gold Shilling, 'Two Emperors' type, in the style of a 4th Century Solidus, VAE | N, cuirassed bust right, with wearing concentric arc diadem, cross-on-step before, rev. Victory spreading wings over two seated emperors, 1.24g, 0° (SCBI 69, 13 this coin; Abramson, 2012a, Fig 13 and, 2012b, Fig 22a; T&S pp. 79-80; A&W xxvii; North 20; Spink 767 same dies as plate coin), minor flan striking splits, otherwise handsomely centred, a most captivating example of this issue, about extremely fine, rare and highly desirable

provenance
Acquired privately from finder
~ Found by J Scopes at Burgate, near Diss (Suffolk), November 2009 ~
[EMC 2010.0009 = BNJ Coin Register 2010, no. 55]

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Sold for
£19,000

Starting price
£3000