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LOT 1392
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,150
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - C ARIP Eclectic Group - Sceatta
710-750 AD. Obv: profile diademed bust right with blundered and retrograde legend in front reading as SISCP with P inverted and retrograde. Rev: standing male figure in cross-hatched tunic holding pellet-ended cross staff to right with 'bird' shaped vine to left. 1.03 grams.
Extremely fine; near as struck. Very rare. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Found Buckland, Gloucestershire, UK, 2013; part of a hoard disclaimed under Treasure Act (reference 2013 T654, with copy of letter and the British Museum report); recorded with Portable Antiquities Scheme (reference GLO-A4E8B3).
LITERATURE:
S. 820; N. -; see Metcalf, p. 420 and plate 20, no. 339 for very similar style (different dies); see EMC 1977.0047 for similar (different dies).
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