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Auction: 21070 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part IV: Continental
Lot: 1191

Anglo Saxon-England, Continental Phase (695-740), Sceat, Insular Series, Type 30 [?}/Series N mule, broad face divided by linear nose and moustache, radiant hair, detached W-shaped beard, pellets in lower margin, linear and beaded border, rev. Series N type monster left, looking back, gaping mouth, pelleted mane, long crest ending in pellet left, raised tail, three pellet crosses above, clawed feet below, 1.23g, 270° (SL 105-115 plate coin; SCBI 69, 767 this coin), of endearingly style with a hint of tone in peripheral recesses, otherwise a really good very fine or better, but for die softness in finer details of the face, extremely rare

provenance
CNG, November 2013, ref. 99674950



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£2,500

Starting price
£1500