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Auction: 21060 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part III: Collector's Selection
Lot: 742

Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series J, type 72, two facing diademed heads in profile, long cross on pedestal between, rev. linear bird (eagle?) right, looking left, encircled by gaping, serpent-headed, worm with three pellets in mouth and beaded body, 0.84g, 0° (SL 19-10; SCBI 69, 392 this coin; North 141; Spink 802C), light porosity, very fine and rare

provenance
P Revell, July 2010

Reportedly found in East Anglia

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Sold for
£240

Starting price
£85