Details
LOT 3490
Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas AR Sceatt. Circa 710-760.
Variety 51-10. 'Hen' Type. Hen (or cockerel) standing to left, with wing straight and fantail raised, comb, standing in foliage and pecking berries / Large bird, possibly swan or goose standing to right, with wing over back and long tail feathers, turning head to peck suspended berries. SCBI 69, 807-808; SCBC 826. Near Very Fine. Very rare variety with hen standing to left.(0.69gr, 11mm, 3h.).
Provenance
Found Tendring, Essex.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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