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Auction: 21000 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part I (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 30

Anglo-Saxon England, Transitional Coinage (c. 675-760), Pale Gold or Electrum Shilling, Vanimundus, variety B, crested helmeted and elaborately draped bust right, sceptre behind, legend around, rev. +TM[...]VC, cross pattée in double beaded inner circle, 1.11g, 300° (Vanimundus type, type 55, variety VaB; SL 2-10 plate coin; SCBI 69, 27 this coin; T&S pp. 80-4, 84-7; Gannon 53, 58-9, 75-6, 160, 180, 184 n. 18, Fig. 2.43, Fig. 2.51a, Fig. 2.73; Spink 772), an exceptional portrait for type and most charming issue, struck on a small flan, otherwise a pleasingly good very fine

provenance
J Philpotts, January 2013
~ Reportedly found in north west Norfolk, late 2012 ~

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Sold for
£2,000

Starting price
£2500