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Auction: 21060 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part III: Collector's Selection
Lot: 872

Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series U, type 23c, female figure forward, long hair curled to each side, holding long cross pommée either side, feet splayed, standing in crescent boat which almost encircles figure, linear border, rev. long-necked bird right, in foliage, either attacking a snake or pecking berries, wing raised, feet splayed, 1.06g, 180° (SL 45-60; SCBI 69, 796 this coin; MEC 8 Series Ub; North 83; Spink 816), lightly porous and patinated, a trace off-struck, otherwise a really bold very fine, very rare, the 'handlebar' moustache particularly charming

provenance
J Philpotts, July 2014

C Martin, 1980




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