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Auction: 21070 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part IV: Continental
Lot: 1060

Anglo Saxon-England, Continental Phase (695-740), 'Maastricht' Interlace, diademed bust right, diadem curls upward behind, legend above, beaded border, rev. interlace, trefoils in quarters, beaded border, 0.82g (SL 60-25 plate coin; SCBI 69, -, [cf. 304-308]; Spink 795), chipped at 2 o'clock, lightly porous and spotted with verdigris to peripheries, nonetheless a delightfully different rendition the curls playfully spiralling as volutes behind diadem, very fine, very rare

provenance
~ Found by M Lympany at Marlborough (Wilts), 9 August 2018 ~ [via J Mann]
[EMC 2018.0244]

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Estimate
£300 to £400

Starting price
£300