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Auction: 21050 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coins - Part II : Northumbria
Lot: 364

Northumbria, Eadberht, Secondary Phase (737-758), Sceat, class Gii, beaded borders, EDTBEREhTVl·, around cross pattée, rev. fantastic animal standing right, foreleg raised, tail looped, pointing down, enclosing cross pattée, two rosettes below and one before, 1.10g, 0° (SL 70-320 plate coin; SCBI 69, 860 this coin; Bude, 2014, Fig. 3; North 178; Spink 847 [plate coin 2008]), a minor chip to edge and traces of roughness in recesses, otherwise an excellent example of this scarce variety, almost extremely fine, a most attractive coin

provenance
T Owen, August 1991


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Sold for
£1,400

Starting price
£200