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LOT 2214

Sold for (Inc. bp): £585


Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series K Type 42 - Portrait AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.

Obv: profile bust right with knot behind and bird before, within a beaded border. Rev: hound left, looking back right with berry bush behind. 0.78 grams.

Extremely fine; near as struck. Rare.

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.803A; Abr. 41, N. 101; M. 311-313, pp.391-395.

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