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Auction: 21000 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part I (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 103

Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series R4/type 51 mule, Epa, Saltire standard, variety P1e, large degenerate bust right, crescent ear, headdress of two beaded lines, EPA in runes before, ^O^ and pellets behind, pyramid neck rests on beaded exergual lines, rev. saltire in beaded standard, pellet in angles, beaded tufas in margins extend to beaded border, 1.04g (SL 13-30; Abramson and Bonser, 1999, 101/159; 104/177; 164/174, and Figs. 5.9a, 5.22; SCBI 69, 713 this coin; T&S pp. 524-7, 435; North 159; Spink 813/833), the reverse somewhat off-struck, and with slight surface roughness, otherwise very fine and rare

provenance
S Elden, April 2006
~ Reportedly found in Yorkshire, although this disputed ~

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Sold for
£200

Starting price
£170