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Auction: 21070 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part IV: Continental
Lot: 1057

Anglo Saxon-England, Continental Phase (695-740), 'Maastricht' Interlace or 'Zedelius' Type A[?], Sceat, stylised bust left with thickly braided hair in simple diadem, exaggerated features, cross pommée before, beaded border, beaded border, rev. interlaced cross with trefoil of pellets in quadrants, central pellet, beaded border, 0.90g (SL 60-10; SCBI 69, 302 this coin; Abramson, 2008, Fig 23; Spink 795), traces of verdigris in recesses and a hint of porosity, otherwise almost extremely fine, rare, especially in this condition

provenance
J Philpotts, October 2009
~ Found 'near Southampton' (Hants) ~
[EMC 2010.0027; BNJ Coin Register 2010, no. 97]

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Sold for
£750

Starting price
£575