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Auction: 21000 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part I (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 141

Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series T derivative, type 9, 'Monita Scorvm' issue, diademed bust of fine style right, wreath ties behind, wearing jewelled robe, MONITA SCORVM around head, rev. quilled crescent left, thin body enclosing four pelleted bars left, beaded border with chevron edge, 1.20g, 0° (SL 24-30; Abramson, 2012b, plate; T&S pp. 435-6, 348; Naismith, 2014a, in SEMC3, pp. 68-121; SCBI 69, 530 this coin; Gannon 17, no. 84, 132, 175, 180-1, 189, no. 62., 190, no. 71, and Figs. 5.23, 5.28b; MEC 8 Series LEa; North 80; Spink 824), a superb coin, of excellent fabric, delightfully struck up and well toned, almost extremely fine, very rare, especially in this condition

provenance
T Webb-Ware, February 2001

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Sold for
£4,800

Starting price
£1300