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LOT 2218
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series V - 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, within a beaded border. Rev: songbird facing away with head right and closed beak pecking berries set between two stems, within a beaded border. Good fine. Rare.(0.91 grams.).
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. 817; Abr. 62; N. 120; M. 453; M. p. 570-5; cf. SCBI 69 (Abramson) 801-804 for type.
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LOT 2218
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series V - Wolf and Twins AR Sceatta
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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