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Details
LOT 3501
Anglo-Saxon. Post Crondall AV Thrymsa-Shilling. Circa 650-675.
Mint in Kent(?). Pale Gold Phase. ‘Two Emperors’ type. Diademed and draped bust to right; pseudo legend around / Two small busts facing, holding two orbs between them; above, Victory with wings enfolding the figures; pellets at each side of Victory’s head. Sutherland 32-42; A&W Type V.xxvii; Metcalf 79-80; SCBI 63 (BM), 23-5; SCBI 69 (Abramson); North 20; SCBC 767. Near Extremely Fine.(1.22gr, 11mm, 12h).
Provenance
Found in Norfolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
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