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Auction 21070  30 Sep 2021
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Lot 1036

Starting price: 90 GBP
Price realized: 320 GBP
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Anglo Saxon-England, Continental Phase (695-740), Sceat, Series D, Type 2c, Variety 4c, small degenerate bust with jutting chin on long beaded pyramid neck on straight exergual line with chevrons (radiate crown) below, rev. cross pommée, 0.81g, 90° (SL 8-10; SCBI 69, 168 this coin; cf. WOdV 1048-49; North 163; Spink 792), a marvellous Saxon curiosity with a highly distinctive portrait with a striking pointed chin, lightly toned with a hint of porosity, otherwise a pleasingly bold very fine, rare.
provenance
Acquire privately from finder, August 2007
~ Found by R Spour, near Sledmere (East Yorks) ~
[EMC 2008.0047 = BNJ Coin Register 2008, no. 105]

Estimate: £120 - £180
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