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Auction: 21070 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part IV: Continental
Lot: 1065

Anglo Saxon-England, Continental Phase (695-740), Sceat, Series E, Variety K, 'Plumed bird' type, bird right, pellet-in-annulet below head, rev. beaded standard with pellet-in-annulets centrally and in corners separated by trefoils and crosses, 1.14g (SL 87-10 plate coin; SCBI 69, 192 this coin; Abramson, 2012a, Fig 23; and 2012b, Fig 14a; Spink 791), an exquisite and truly superb example of this iconic series, neatly centred on a broad flan of excellent fabric, lightly toned with hints of lustre in recesses, near extremely fine, rare in this condition

provenance
M Vosper, August 2006
Reportedly found in Lincolnshire

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Sold for
£480

Starting price
£180