Details
LOT 2510
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Continental Issue - Series E - AR Sceatta 695-740 A.D.
Obv: degraded 'porcupine' head right with eyes, beak, and legs below. Rev: standard with four lines, two pellets and central pellet-in-annulet. Extremely fine, well struck with sharp details. Very rare.(1.23 grams, 12.05 mm.). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
Literature
Abr. 89; M.p. 216-19; S. 790C.
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LOT 2510
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Continental Issue - Series E - AR Sceatta
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
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