Details
LOT 2217
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series S, Type 47 - Centaur AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Obv: female centaur left with palm frond each side. Rev: whorl of four wolf heads with beaded tongues meeting at centre. Very fine.(0.83 grams.). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Chelmsford, Essex, UK, recorded with UKDFD, reference 39735.
Published
See UK Detector Finds Database, reference 39735 (this coin)
Literature
S.814; M. 438-441.
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LOT 2217
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series S, Type 47 - Centaur AR Sceatta
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
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