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Auction: 21060 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part III: Collector's Selection
Lot: 662

Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series R10, "Rigold" (R2), Wigræd, radiate bust of crude style right, annulet either side of head, runic Wigræd, before, O^O behind, wearing collared drapery, rev. beaded degenerate standard containing symmetrical geometric symbols, central annulet, cross pommée to each side, diagonals at outer corners, 0.90g, 270° (SL 11-150; SCBI 69, 688 this coin; cf. North 157; Spink 813A), trace porosity, otherwise a marvellous example on a broad flan, traces of silvering extant, a really bold very fine

provenance
S Elden, April 2006

Reportedly found at Coddenham

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Sold for
£230

Starting price
£90