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Auction: 22005 - British and World Coins - Spring Auction
Lot: 3

Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series K, type 32a, diademed and draped bust right, framed in 'keyhole', braided hair, long nose from brow, knotted wreath ties behind, hand cupping cross pommée before, rev. serpent headed, coiled lion, right, tongue entwines straight foreleg, hind limbs coiled above, lines and pellets form fur behind, 1.00g, 0° (Abramson III, 865 this coin; SL 40-20, plate coin; SCBI 69, 417 this coin; North 89; Spink 803C), chipped with some unfortunate delamination before face, otherwise slightly base, about very fine, the reverse a really bold very fine, rare

provenance
K Chapman, September 2005

~ Found near Hull (East Yorks), 2003 ~

[EMC 2005.0273 = BNJ Coin Register 2006, no.110 (Pl. no. '100')]




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Sold for
£190

Starting price
£180