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Auction: 21000 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part I (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 90

Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series R3, 'Rigold' type R1Z variant, Gepa, radiate bust of crude style left, runic GEPA before, pyramid neck rests on beaded exergual line, pellets behind bust, rev. beaded degenerate standard containing central annulet, angular symbols and lower diagonals, unbarred cross pommée each side, diagonals at outer corners, 1.10g, 270° (SL 11-30; SCBI 69, 658 = Timms, 2020, R3, 20 this coin; T&S pp. 509-11, 396-400; Gannon 24, 43-5, 43, nos. 144, 45; nos. 151, 55, 56, 60, 160; nos. 30, 168; nos. 85, 172, 174, 175-6, 191, and Figs. 2.30, 2.31, 2.46, 2.47, 5.5e, 5.19c; North 153; Spink 813 plate coin), a striking example of the more unusual left facing bust, good very fine

provenance
T Webb-Ware, May 1995

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Sold for
£420

Starting price
£180