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LOT 2203

Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Series F - Portrait AR Sceatta 680-710 A.D.

Obv: profile bust with pelleted helmet right with XO behind and blundered legend with lozenge O. Rev: small cross in centre with annulets around blundered arrangement of letters with lozenge O, within a pelleted border. Near extremely fine.(1.25 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. 781; Abr. 106; see N. 61-62 variant (steps); see Metcalf 136-137 variant (ditto); M. p. 125-32.

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LOT 2203

Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Series F - Portrait AR Sceatta

Sold for (Inc. bp): £286

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