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Auction: 21060 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part III: Collector's Selection
Lot: 792

Anglo-Saxon England, Eclectic Sceattas (710-760), Sceat, 'Rosette', diademed bust right, large eye, crescent ear, quincunx (?) before, wreath ties and rosette behind, rev. narrow-chested, large shouldered standing figure, looking forward, angular arms, long cross pommée right on tripod stand, staff left, 0.90g, 90° (SL 32-30; SCBI 69, 526 this coin; Spink 832 plate coin), of baser fabric with granular and scratchy surfaces, struck details otherwise about very fine, extremely rare

provenance
Acquired privately from finder, November 2006

~ Found by R Spour near Sledmere (East Yorks), late 2006 ~

[EMC 2007.0032]

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Sold for
£160

Starting price
£225