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Auction: 21000 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part I (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 187

Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series K, type 32a, diademed and draped bust right, framed in 'keyhole', upcurved drapery (a cuirass ?), large eye gazing heavenward, small mouth and braided hair, delicate knotted wreath ties behind, bust framed by beading, hand cupping cross pommée before, rev. serpent-headed coiled 'lion' right, with long upward curling tongue extended between fangs, erect ear, circular eye, 'feathered' body, 1.01g, 180° (SL 39-40 plate coin; SCBI 69, 412 this coin; T&S pp. 395-402, 307-10; Gannon 35, 71, 72, 131, 137,139-40, 175, 187-8, and Figs. 2.15, 2.48a, 4.44, 4.46b, 4.47, 6.1; North 89; Spink 803C), a striking example with only a trace of porosity, very fine and scarce

provenance
M Vosper, August 2009


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Sold for
£850

Starting price
£550