NumisBids
  
Spink
Auction 21070  30 Sep 2021
View prices realized

Lot 1040

Starting price: 125 GBP
Price realized: 850 GBP
Find similar lots
Share this lot: Share by Email
Anglo Saxon-England, Continental Phase (695-740), Sceat, Series D, Type 2c, Variety 3e, crude radiate bust left, with large triangular nose, no eye, chevrons before and behind, linear pyramid neck, rev. plain cross, 1.18g (SL 8-20; SCBI 69, 172 this coin; Beowulf 28 this coin; Metcalf 176 same dies; WOdV 793; North 169; Spink 792), a charming example of Anglo-Saxon artistry, the prominent proboscis particularly appealing, lightly toned and pleasingly centred, extremely fine and rare.
provenance
Beowulf, CNG 75, 23 May 2007, lot 1366
Sotheby's, 18 July 1985, lot 499
~ Aston Rowant (Oxon) Hoard, 1971-1974 [CH I, 347] ~
Op den Velde and Klaassen noted that only around 5% of the type 2c coins have a left-facing bust in the thesis: "Sceattas and Merovingian Deniers from Domburg and Westenschouwen" (Middelburg, 2004), pp. 39.
Estimate: £150 - £250
Question about this auction? Contact Spink