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LOT 2205
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GBP (£) 300 - 400
EUR (€) 360 - 480
USD ($) 390 - 520
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Stepped Cross Type 53 - Porcupine AR Sceatta 680-710 A.D.
Obv: degraded 'porcupine' profile bust right. Rev: stepped cross with pellet in angles and pellet-in-annulet at centre. 1.16 grams.
Extremely fine; as struck.
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. 785; Abr. 91; N. 150; M. 243-245, pl.15, 258; SCBI 63 (BM Anglo-Saxon I) -; SCBI 69 (Abramson), 290-291; BMC 199, for type; see Blackburn and Bonser, Single Finds of Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins 2, BNJ 55, pp.70-71, no.62.
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