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Auction: 21060 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part III: Collector's Selection
Lot: 734

Anglo-Saxon England, Primary Series (680-710), Sceat, Series BZ, type 29b, impressionistic haloed Christ head facing, bell-shaped hair style, forked beard, blundered legend, crosses above, rev. full-bodied bird left, on a plain cross, annulet before, beaded border, blundered legend in margin, 1.21g, 0° (SL 17-20; SCBI 69, 112 this coin; T&S pp. 133-7, 138-9; North 131; Spink 778), slightly porous but of better fabric, a pleasingly bold very fine and very rare

provenance
R Cook, May 2009

~ Found at Ely (Cambs) ~

[EMC 2010.0011 = BNJ Coin Register 2010, no. 98]

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Sold for
£800

Starting price
£250