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LOT 3488
Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas AR Sceatt. Circa 710/5-725/35.
Series U; type 23b. Female figure standing facing in crescent boat with pellet finials, head to right, holding long cross pommée either side in enormous hands / Disjointed full-bodied and long-necked bird with pellet eye and upward curled wing, striding to right in foliage and pecking berries. Cf. M445; SCBC 816. Very Fine.(0.95gr, 12mm, 10h.).
Provenance
Found Tendring, Essex.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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