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Auction: 21070 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part IV: Continental
Lot: 999

Frankish or Frisian, Uncertain (630-640), National Series, Imported Gold, Tremissis, "Nietap" Type 2, double cross in beaded circle, rev. obliterated die, beaded border, 1.31g (SCBI 69, 1091 this coin; Belfort 5517; Prou 684; Metcalf [2016], 21), rusted obverse die, otherwise on a small chunky flan with beaten edges, almost extremely fine and pleasing

provenance
Acquired privately from finder, March 2014
~ Found by S Gandy at North Kesteven [Heckington] (South Lincs), March 2012 ~
[EMC 2012.0128 = BNJ Coin Register 2013, no. 68 = PAS LIN-58A436]


Few parallels for this coin can be securely tied to an English context. Nevertheless one example was recovered from the famous Crondall (1828) Hoard, and further isolated discoveries have been found in proximity to the later 'Two Emperors', 'Pada' and 'Desaiona' varieties. Such relationship with these antipodean series is nothing short of remarkable, and as such it is tempting to pursue Metcalf's tentative attribution of these issues as 'possibly Anglo-Saxon'. A second coin of a similar type was recorded from the same site in April 2014 (cf. PAS LIN-0B3EEB).


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Sold for
£850

Starting price
£600