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Auction: 21000 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part I (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 94

Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series R10, 'Rigold' type R2, Wigræd, crude radiate bust right, crescent ear, annulet and runic WIGRÆD before, O^O and pellets behind, wearing jewelled drapery, rev. beaded degenerate standard containing symmetrical geometric symbols, central annulet, cross pommée to each side, diagonals at outer corners, 0.80g, 180° (Abramson, 2012b, Fig 17h; SCBI 69, 687 this coin; T&S pp. 518-22, 423-5; 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; cf. North 157; Spink 813A), well-centred if slightly rough surfaces, a pleasing very fine

provenance
T Webb-Ware, July 1998

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Sold for
£500

Starting price
£250