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Auction: 21050 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coins - Part II : Northumbria
Lot: 360

Northumbria, Eadberht, Secondary Phase (737-758), Sceat, (AR 78%), class F variety, beaded borders, EDTBERHTVS, in roman lettering, around small central cross in beaded circle, rev. fantastic animal standing right, foreleg raised, tail looped, pointing down, swastika below, 1.04g, 0° (SL 70-300 plate coin; cf. Bonser Folio 2154/315; SCBI 69, 855 this coin; North 178; Spink 847), a most provocative coin with a rich dark cabinet tone and the now-haunting motif emblazoned beneath the beast, a really bold very fine, very rare

provenance
I & D Goldsmith, September 2008
~ Found between Driffield and Garton-on-the-Wolds (East Yorkshire), August 2008 ~
[EMC 2008.0330]


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Sold for
£2,400

Starting price
£1000