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Auction: 21000 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part I (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 160

Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, 'Celtic Cross', quilled serpent with pellet outline clockwise, globular head right, protecting small central cross pommée, beak inwards to cross, rev. Celtic cross with central pellet forming a pellet cross, rosette in each angle, 1.14g (SL 31-10 plate coin; Abramson, 2012b, Fig 19d, and plate; SCBI 69, 521 this coin; T&S pp. 426-32, 345-6; Gannon 53, no. 206, 57; no. 227, 87, 101, no. 159, 162-3, 169, 189, no. 62, Fig. 5.7c; North –; Spink 822 obv. plate coin), a stunning and well-balanced coin with an attractive tone, almost extremely fine, very rare

provenance
~ Found near Shoreham (West Sussex), c. 2000 ~
[EMC 2006.0252]

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Sold for
£3,800

Starting price
£300