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Auction: 21000 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part I (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 29

Anglo-Saxon England, Transitional Coinage (c. 675-760), Pale Gold or Electrum Shilling, Vanimundus, variety A, crested helmeted and elaborately draped bust right, sceptre behind, legend around, rev. + VANIMVNDVS MONE, standing cross with crossed terminals, C and < in lower quarters, 1.22g, 270° (Vanimundus, type 55, VaA; SL 2-05; T&S pp. 73-9, 81-3; Gannon 53, 58-9, 75-6, 160, 180, 184, no. 18 and Figs. 2.43, 2.51a, and 2.73; Spink 771), of good fabric and well-centred on a shorter flan, nevertheless an imposing portrait, a bolder very fine, very rare

provenance
Acquired privately from finder
~ Found by C Reader, near Park Wood, Detling (Kent), 20 May 2018 ~
[PAS KENT-726A36 = EMC 2018.0247]

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Sold for
£4,500

Starting price
£2500