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LOT 2207

Anglo-Saxon Coins - Continental Issues - Series X - Wodan Bust AR Sceatta 695-740 A.D.

Obv: facing 'Wodan' head with long hair and beard; pellet-ended cross each side, within a pelleted border. Rev: dragon beast left with head looking back over shoulder to right, swallowing tail and with prominent pellet-tipped phallus, within a pelleted border. Extremely fine; near as struck.(1.09 grams.).

Provenance

Ex late John Cross collection, Canterbury, UK.
Acquired Canterbury Auction Galleries, 3 October 2021, lot 569 (part).
Property of two Kent sisters, by gift from their parents.

Literature

S. 797; N. 117; see Metcalf pp.275-293 & pl.16, no.275.

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LOT 2207

Anglo-Saxon Coins - Continental Issues - Series X - Wodan Bust AR Sceatta

Sold for (Inc. bp): £494

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