Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 21000 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part I (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 289

Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series O, type 40 or Q related, standing figure, large head left, triangular body, feet left, elaborate cross left, two plain crosses right, one above hair curl, rev. Hirsute monster fleeing left, looking back, striated body, pellets in field, 0.92g, 270° (SL 107-10 plate coin; Abramson, 2012b, Fig 21a; SCBI 69, 810 this coin; T&S pp. 477-81, 378-81; Gannon 137, 148-50, and Figs. 3.17, 4.43, 4.60; Spink 807B), trace double-striking and scratches, otherwise toned, about very fine and extremely rare

provenance
Acquired privately from finder, September 2010
~ Found by W Gemmell at Willoughby-on-the-Wolds (Leicestershire) ~.
[EMC 2011.0036 and 2012.0047 = BNJ Coin Register 2012, no. 77]

Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. Not applicable to "Buy Now " offerings. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Sold for
£650

Starting price
£250