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Auction: 21060 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part III: Collector's Selection
Lot: 739

Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series J, type 85, York, Imitative, diademed head right, crescent ear, braided hair, pellet lips, double beaded border, rev. large bird, probably a dove, right, on cross pommée, trefoil before, annulet either side, double beaded border, 0.79g, 180° (SL 18-20; SCBI 69, 381 this coin; T&S pp. 355-6, 303; Metcalf no. 29; Gannon: 116, 137, no. 209, 160, 180, Fig. 4.11a; North -; Spink 802), slightly waterworn and porous, otherwise very fine, the reverse better

provenance
Acquired privately from finder, November 2007

~ Found by R Spour, near Wetwang (East Yorks), October 2007 ~

[EMC 2008.0058 = BNJ Coin Register 2008, no. 148]


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Sold for
£110

Starting price
£63