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Auction 21050 18 Mar 2021
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Northumbria, Eadberht, Secondary Phase (737-758), Sceat, class Fxiv, beaded borders, EDTBERHTVs in roman lettering, around pellet in double beaded circle, rev. fantastic animal extended tongue and mane, standing right, foreleg raised, pellet within tail looped, pointing down, triquetra below, 0.99g, 90° (SL 70-187 plate coin, SCBI 69, 849, this coin; North 178; Spink 847), dusky toning, a bolder very fine.
provenance
A Gillis, September 2013
~ Reportedly found near Driffield (East Yorkshire)~
[EMC 2014.0054 = BNJ Coin Register 2014, no. 65]
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Ron Bude (in personal commentary [5 September 2013]): "The reverse of your coin is a new die. The obverse match for your coin has a reverse with long tongue, beaded tail, and only one mark, a triquetrum in the 3rd position. The few known reverse dies with the mark arrangement of your coin, that is: dot, -, triquetra, -, do not have a tongue."
Estimate: £450 - £550
provenance
A Gillis, September 2013
~ Reportedly found near Driffield (East Yorkshire)~
[EMC 2014.0054 = BNJ Coin Register 2014, no. 65]
,
Ron Bude (in personal commentary [5 September 2013]): "The reverse of your coin is a new die. The obverse match for your coin has a reverse with long tongue, beaded tail, and only one mark, a triquetrum in the 3rd position. The few known reverse dies with the mark arrangement of your coin, that is: dot, -, triquetra, -, do not have a tongue."
Estimate: £450 - £550