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Auction: 21050 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coins - Part II : Northumbria
Lot: 386

Northumbria, Ælfwald I (779/80-788), Sceat, class B, beaded borders, AlEfVAlDVS+ S reversed, Aelfwald, around cross pattée, serpent-like S, rev. fantastic animal standing right, foreleg raised, tail looped, pointing down, 1.08g, 180° (SL 73-20 plate coin; SCBI 69, 873 this coin; North 181; Spink 851), trace porosity, otherwise lightly toned almost extremely fine, very rare, especially in this condition

provenance
C Best, September 2010
~ Reportedly found 2 miles west of Thirsk (North Yorkshire) ~


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Sold for
£2,600

Starting price
£800