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Auction: 21070 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part IV: Continental
Lot: 1036

Anglo Saxon-England, Continental Phase (695-740), Sceat, Series D, Type 2c, Variety 4c, small degenerate bust with jutting chin on long beaded pyramid neck on straight exergual line with chevrons (radiate crown) below, rev. cross pommée, 0.81g, 90° (SL 8-10; SCBI 69, 168 this coin; cf. WOdV 1048-49; North 163; Spink 792), a marvellous Saxon curiosity with a highly distinctive portrait with a striking pointed chin, lightly toned with a hint of porosity, otherwise a pleasingly bold very fine, rare

provenance
Acquire privately from finder, August 2007
~ Found by R Spour, near Sledmere (East Yorks) ~
[EMC 2008.0047 = BNJ Coin Register 2008, no. 105]


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Sold for
£320

Starting price
£90