Details
LOT 3270
Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas Fourrée Sceatta. Circa 730-750.
Series QIA, var. 1. Two figures standing facing, holding long cross in outer hands / Quadruped crouching to left, head to right, tail raised, claws below; pellets in fields. For prototype cf. Abramson 63.10; SCBC 808. Near Very Fine.(0.73gr, 12mm, 3h.).
Provenance
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010.
From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman.
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