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Auction: 21000 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part I (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 104

Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series R/type 51 mule, Gepa, Saltire standard, variety P1d, degenerate radiate bust right, crescent ear, large annulet and runic XGPA before, large beaded ^ enclosing pellets behind, beaded pyramidical neck rests on beaded exergual lines, rev. saltire cross pommée within beaded standard with trefoil in each angle, alternating designs in margins including two lines of three pellets, pellets flanking annulet, and pellets flanking chevron, 0.90g (SL 13-50; Abramson and Bonser, 1999, 101/159; 104/177; 164/174, and Figs. 5.9a, 5.22; SCBI 69, 717 this coin; T&S pp. 524-7, 435; Metcalf nos. 42, 93, and Fig 9; North 159; Spink 813/833), very fine and rare

provenance
M Bonser, March 1997
~ Found near Rotherham (South Yorkshire), 1996 ~
[EMC 2001.0549]

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Sold for
£240

Starting price
£160