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LOT 2568
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Series BII - Bird on Cross - AR Sceatta Circa 680-710 A.D.
Obv: profile bust right within serpent inner circle (head at 7 o'clock) with legend around. Rev: bird right on cross with small cross before and annulet each side with legend around. Near extremely fine.(1.27 grams, 12 mm.). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Hertfordshire, UK.
Literature
S. 777 variant; see SCBI 63 (BM Anglo-Saxon 1), 99-104, for very similar examples.
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LOT 2568
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Series BII - Bird on Cross - AR Sceatta
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
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