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Auction: 21060 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part III: Collector's Selection
Lot: 664

Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series R10, "Rigold" (R2 late), Wigræd, radiate bust of crude style left, annulet before, runic Wigræd left, 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, 1.00g, 270° (SL 11-160, plate coin; SCBI 69, 691 this coin; Abramson, 2012b, Fig 12b; Spink 813A), of base fabric, nevertheless excellently struck up and uniform with only minor deposits in recesses, a really bold very fine

provenance
P Elkins, October 2005

Reportedly found near King's Lynn (Norfolk)

[EMC 2005.0274 = BNJ Coin Register 2006, no. 140]

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Sold for
£270

Starting price
£95