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Auction: 21000 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part I (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 75

Anglo-Saxon England, Primary Series (680-710), Sceat, 'Aston Rowant' animal/cross potent type, stylised long-legged 'hound' or 'wild boar' right, triple tail raised, erect ears, jaws agape, trefoil below head, rev. Maltese cross within beaded circle, pellets in quarters, beaded inner circle, cruciform, blundered legend around, 1.10g, 0° (SL 102-80; Abramson, 2008, Fig. 20a; Metcalf, 'Maltese Cross' variety, no. 24 and Fig 3; SCBI 69, 124 this coin; Gannon 28, 29, 128-9, 161, Figs. 2.7a, 4.32; N -; Spink 782A plate coin), toned, good very fine, extremely rare

provenance
M Vosper, January 2004
~ Reportedly found in north-west Norfolk ~
[EMC 2004.0014 = BNJ Coin Register 2005, no. 100]


It is evident from the reverse design that the die was too large for the Sceat module

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Sold for
£1,500

Starting price
£550