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Auction: 21060 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part III: Collector's Selection
Lot: 743

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, 0.79g, 90° (SL 19-10; SCBI 69, 394 this coin; North 141; Spink 802C), of a base fabris, otherwise a bolder very fine and rare

provenance
J Philpotts, December 2010

~ Found at Barbury Castle (Wilts) ~


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£200

Starting price
£350