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LOT 2196
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Merovingian - National Phase - Tasnacum Gold Tremissis 7th century A.D.
Tasnacum mint (location unidentified). Obv: TASNACO VI legend with crude bust. Rev: LEVDOVALDO moneyer legend with VA ligated with crescent-topped cross (or inverted anchor?). Extremely fine. Very rare.(0.94 grams.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Colchester, UK, collector.
LiteratureCf. Belfort 212 and 3972; see Prou 2642 for examples for moneyer Leudinus.
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LOT 2196
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Merovingian - National Phase - Tasnacum Gold Tremissis
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series V - Wolf and Twins AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Obv: tall wolf standing right with head down and looking back to suckling twins seated below, within a beaded border. Rev: songbird facing away with head right and closed beak pecking berries set between two stems, within a beaded border. 0.91 grams.
Good fine. Rare.
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. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Continental Issues - Series X - Wodan Bust AR Sceatta 695-740 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
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. 1.09 grams.
Extremely fine; near as struck.
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. -
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Merovingian - National Phase - Tasnacum Gold Tremissis 7th century A.D.
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Tasnacum mint (location unidentified). Obv: TASNACO VI legend with crude bust. Rev: LEVDOVALDO moneyer legend with VA ligated with crescent-topped cross (or inverted anchor?). 0.94 grams.
Extremely fine. Very rare.
Property of a Colchester, UK, collector.
