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LOT 2219
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series V, Type 7 - Wolf and Twins AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Obv: tall wolf standing right with head down and looking back to suckling twins seated below. Rev: songbird facing away with head right and closed beak pecking berries set between two stems. Good fine. Rare.(0.90 grams.). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK.
Property of a UK gentleman.
Accompanied by a coin ticket.
Literature
S. 817; M. 453; Abramson 62.
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LOT 2219
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series V, Type 7 - Wolf and Twins AR Sceatta
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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