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Auction: 21000 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part I (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 212

Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series H, Hamwic, small central bird in beaded inner circle, surrounded by 9 bosses, rev. Pecking bird in beaded foliage right, wing raised and curled, feet splayed, rosette before, pellets below, 0.94g, 0° (SL 48-10 plate coin; T&S pp. 333-40, 289-92; Gannon 174, 180, Fig. 5.5; North -; Spink -), a remarkable example of the Dark Age numismatic art form, some stressing in fields, otherwise about extremely fine, of the highest rarity, the second known

provenance
Acquired privately from finder, September 2017
~ Found by A Staples at Basingstoke (Hants) ~

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Sold for
£2,400

Starting price
£2000