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Auction 21000  18 Mar 2021
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Lot 23

Estimate: 3000 GBP
Price realized: 19 000 GBP
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Anglo-Saxon England, Post-Crondall Types (c. 655-675), Pale Gold Shilling, 'Two Emperors' type, in the style of a 4th Century Solidus, VAE | N, cuirassed bust right, with wearing concentric arc diadem, cross-on-step before, rev. Victory spreading wings over two seated emperors, 1.24g, 0° (SCBI 69, 13 this coin; Abramson, 2012a, Fig 13 and, 2012b, Fig 22a; T&S pp. 79-80; A&W xxvii; North 20; Spink 767 same dies as plate coin), minor flan striking splits, otherwise handsomely centred, a most captivating example of this issue, about extremely fine, rare and highly desirable.
provenance
Acquired privately from finder
~ Found by J Scopes at Burgate, near Diss (Suffolk), November 2009 ~
[EMC 2010.0009 = BNJ Coin Register 2010, no. 55]
Estimate: £6000 - £4000
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