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Auction: 21000 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part I (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 109

Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Saltire standard, type 70, Geometric type, linear saltire with pellet ends, in beaded standard, pellet in each angle, tufa above containing pellet-in-annulet, row of three pellets below, pelleted bar to each side, rev. beaded standard, with pellet to each corner, containing mirrored angular symbols around central annulet, radiate crown above, cross pommée to other sides, 0.90g, 180° (Hill variety a/b; SL 13-160; SCBI 69, 729 this coin; T&S pp. 532-4, 436-7; Metcalf 2011, no. 40; Gannon 175, Fig. 5.22; North 55; Spink 833B), good very fine, rare

provenance
Rudd, FPL 34, January 1998
~ Found at Adwick-upon-Dearne, near Doncaster (South Yorkshire), August 1996 ~
[EMC 2001.0838]

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Sold for
£600

Starting price
£250