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Auction: 21060 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part III: Collector's Selection
Lot: 588

Anglo-Saxon England, Transitional Coinage (c. 675-760), Pada, Pa, transitional, PaIII, 'Type 97', diademed bust right, jewel before, row of pellets behind head, square drapery, legend NV/vNI [?] surrounding, rev. plain central cross, annulets in quarters, within beaded circle, part Runic legend reads PADA in runes pada ^VN^VSVC, 1.16g, 0° (SL 1-50, plate coin; SCBI 69, 24 this coin; T&S pp. 73-9, 81-3; Gannon 53, 58-9, 75-6, 160, 180, 184, no. 18, Figs. 2.43, 2.51a, and 2.73; North 31 [153]; Spink 770 [773]), some scuffing to cheek, otherwise bright and residually toned, a really good very fine and rare

provenance
Spink, January 2007

~ Found near Woodbridge (Suffolk), early 2006 ~

[EMC 2008.0046 = BNJ Coin Register 2008, no. 83]

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Sold for
£1,700

Starting price
£1350