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Auction: 21060 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part III: Collector's Selection
Lot: 583

Anglo-Saxon England, Transitional Coinage (c. 675-760), Pale Gold or Electrum Shilling, Pada type Ia, small helmeted and draped Romanised bust right, vestigial legend around, rev. PADA in runes in beaded standard, MAL above tufa below, character either side, 1.09g, 45° (SL 1-10; SCBI 69, 16 this coin; T&S 73-9, 81-3; Gannon, pp. 44, 47, 52-53, 57, 172, 184, no. 18 and Figs. 2.35, 2.42b and 5.18; cf. Coddenham, Sotheby, 4-5 October 1990, lot 287; North 151; Spink 768), of a lukewarm-yellow fabric, minor superficial marks to portrait, otherwise a bolder very fine, extremely rare

provenance
L Bennett, January 2011


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Sold for
£3,200

Starting price
£3000