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Auction: 21070 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part IV: Continental
Lot: 1190

Anglo Saxon-England, Continental Phase (695-740), Sceat, Insular Series, Type 30 [?}/Series N mule, circular face divided in three by linear nose and moustache, crude mouth and eyes, distinct eyelashes, linear and beaded border, rev. Series N type monster right, looking back, gaping mouth, long crest ending in quincunx right, pellet outline, clawed feet below, 0.90g, 0° (SL 105-100 plate coin; SCBI 69, 766 this coin; R.P. Mack, BNJ [1955-57], pp. 404, No. 2 illustrated at plate XXV, no. 6 = SCBI Mack 359; Abramson, 2008, Fig 34), subtly waterworn and toned, on a duller fabric, a really good very fine / almost extremely fine, extremely rare

provenance
Acquired privately from finder
~ Found by A C Laverack at Boynton (East Yorks), October 2004 ~
[EMC 2004.0180 = BNJ Coin Register 2005, no. 124]


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Sold for
£650

Starting price
£300