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Auction: 21060 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part III: Collector's Selection
Lot: 718

Anglo-Saxon England, Primary Series (680-710), Sceat, Series BI A variety, type 27b, North of Thames / East Saxon, diademed head right, serpent circle anti-clockwise, starting at 5 o'clock, blundered legend in margin, rev. bird on cross, annulets on limbs of cross pommée, beaded serpent circle starting at 6 o'clock, three annulets below, blundered legend in margin, 1.20g, 30° (SL 16-40; SCBI 69, 55 this coin; T&S pp. 94-105, 100-6; Gannon 36, 47, 48, no. 173, 107-10, 112, 136, 184, 184, no. 18, and Figs. 2.18a, 4.1b, and 4.5; Spink 777), a delightful example, toned, near extremely fine

provenance
Acquired privately from finder, July 2012

~ Found by G Davies at Castle Acre (Norfolk) ~


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Sold for
£550

Starting price
£190