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Auction: 21050 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coins - Part II : Northumbria
Lot: 392

Northumbria, Eadberht, with Archbishop Ecgberht (738-757), Sceat, variety ii, beaded borders, EDTBEREhTVl·, around cross pattée, rev. ECGBERhT AR, mitred ¾-length Archbishop Ecgberht standing facing, wearing leggings, holding two long crooks on uneven ground, 1.00g, 180° (SL 74-20 plate coin; Bude 2016, pl. 12, no. 4, SCBI 69, 1029 this coin; North 192; Spink 852), softly struck to reverse and with brighter more lustrous surfaces, a pleasing very fine, the obverse especially so

provenance
T Webb Ware, October 1991


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Sold for
£700

Starting price
£520