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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 552

(x) "A quaint echo of Roman work, debased into sheer absurdity" [Sir Charles Oman, Numismatic Chronicle, 1929, p. 169] |

Early Anglo-Saxon England, Post-Crondall Phase (c. 655-675), Pale Gold Shilling, 'Two Emperors' type, in the style of a Imperial 4th Century Solidus, VAE | N, pearl diademed and cuirassed bust right, cross-on-step before, rev. Victory (or Angel) spreading wings over two seated Emperors, 0.898g [13.85grns] (Montagu I, 146; Oman [NumChron, 1929], no. 2; Sutherland 33; SCBI 20 [Mack], 308 = EMC 1020.0308 this coin; SCBI 69 [Abramson], 12; North 20; BMC, Pl. I, no. 2; S.767), striking split by mouth and a trace offset, otherwise on a paler-gold planchet, very fine and with a fine pedigree, in NGC Black 'Carrington' holder, graded Genuine ~ "Chipped" (Cert. #8534366-001)

Provenance

The "Carrington" Collection of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins


M Amstell, by private treaty - £2,500


Commander Richard Paston Mack, Sylloge 308 [with his ticket]


"The Property of a Collector", Glendining, 3 July 1948, lot 54 - £20.0.0


Lord Grantley, Second Portion, Glendining, 27 January 1944, lot 590 - "Anglo-Saxon, AV Thrymsa, 14 grs. broken on the edge. (It has been suggested that this type was issued at Winchester, Num. Chron., 1893, p. 259.)" - £24.0.0


"Even the life of the King was rated at a money value, which under the laws of Athelstan was 30,000 thrymsae, each thrymsa being worth four pence; while that of an Earl was 15,000, and so on down to a common person, rated at only 267. The ears, the teeth, the limbs had each their separate value, and the place where an offence was committed was sometimes an aggravation requiring an additional penalty."



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Sold for
£2,000

Starting price
£800