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Auction: 21050 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coins - Part II : Northumbria
Lot: 374

Northumbria, Alchred (765-774), Sceat, variety i, beaded borders, ALCHDER, part retrograde, A barred, L inverted, around cross pattée, rev. fantastic animal standing right, foreleg raised, pointed tail emanating from mid-back, cross pattée below, 1.11g, 270° (SL 71-10; SCBI 69, 864 this coin; North 179; Spink 849), of moderately baser fabric than previous with a striking split through A, otherwise well-centred, a pleasingly bold very fine

provenance
G Thompson, October 2006
~ Reportedly found 4 miles of York, 2005 ~
[EMC 2007.0025]


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Sold for
£700

Starting price
£500