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Auction: 21000 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part I (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 313

Northumbria, Eadberht with Archbishop Ecgberht (737-758), Sceat, Series Y, variety IV, EDTBEREhTVl· around cross pattée, rev. ECGBERhT A, mitred ¾ length figure of Archbishop Ecgberht standing facing, wearing leggings, holding two long crosses on uneven ground, 1.05g, 180° (SL 74-40; Abramson, 2012b, Fig 8a; 2018b; SCBI 69, 1030 this coin; Bude 2016, plate 12, no. 1; Gannon 87, 91, no. 83, 92, 127, 129, no. 149, 154, 167, no. 85, 190, no. 74, 192, and Figs. 3.16, 4.27, 4.29a, 4.64a; North 192; Spink 852), bright surfaces, a really pleasingly bold very fine

provenance
D Glover, January 2007

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Sold for
£1,500

Starting price
£800