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LOT 3795
Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas AR Sceatt. Circa 720-735/50. Hamwic mint. Series H, type 49.
Wodan' head within pelleted border; around, seven pellet-in-annulets / Bird standing to right; pellet-in-annulet above, short cross pommée to right. Abramson 48-530; MEC 8 Series Hc; North 103; SCBC 801A. Very Fine.(0.86gr, 12mm, 10h.).
Provenance
Found near Barbury Castle, Wiltshire, UK.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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