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Auction: 21000 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part I (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 181

Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series K, type 33, obverse 3, diademed and draped bust right, jewel on diadem and upcurved drapery (cuirass ?), wreath ties unknotted, almond-shaped eye, fringe over forehead, long nose, bust framed by beading, cross pommée before, rev. Lion head right, chevron mane, ear forward, distinct sharp teeth, long curling snake-tongue, 1.08g, 0° (SL 38-10; SCBI 69, 425 this coin; T&S pp. 388-91, 306; Gannon 59, no. 237, 64-5, 131-2, 134, 135, 139, 156, 178, no. 155, 189, no. 62, and Figs. 2.48b, 2.49a, 2.58, 4.35b, 4.36a, 4.36d; North 93; Spink 803), some surface marks, otherwise toned, good very fine

provenance
M Vosper, January 2016
~ Found at Watton (Norfolk) ~


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