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Auction: 21060 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part III: Collector's Selection
Lot: 719

Anglo-Saxon England, Primary Series (680-710), Sceat, Series BI variety, diademed head right, serpent circle starting at four o'clock, cross pattée and blundered legend in margin, rev. bird on cross pattée, large annulets either side, beaded serpent circle, starting at 6 o'clock, crescents in margin, 1.24g, 90° (SL 16-40; SCBI 69, 57 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), darkly toned with traces of porosity, otherwise a rich coffee-brown tone, near extremely fine, scarce in this condition

provenance
A Holds, July 2014

Reportedly found in Norfolk

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Sold for
£350

Starting price
£275