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Auction: 21070 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part IV: Continental
Lot: 1058

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, 1.13g (SL 60-10 plate coin; SCBI 69, 303 this coin; Abramson, 2008, Fig 23; Spink 795), of bright silver and a trace off-struck on reverse, otherwise the finest of the three to be offered, a most attractive extremely fine, very rare

provenance
J Philpotts, December 2011
Reportedly found near Lincoln

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Sold for
£750

Starting price
£780