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Auction: 21060 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part III: Collector's Selection
Lot: 838

Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series K, type 32a, diademed and draped bust right, "Hwiccian" neck, knotted wreath ties behind, hand cupping long cross pommée, rev. serpent headed, coiled, lion left, with tongue curled below, second serpent around inner serpent, heads aligned, beaded border, 1.03g, 90° (SL 39-55, plate coin; North 89; Spink 803C), somewhat corroded and porous with verdigris staining, otherwise almost very fine, extremely rare

provenance
Acquired privately from finder, February 2019

~ Found by T Woodley at Cogenhoe (Northants) ~


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Estimate
£300 to £350

Starting price
£300