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Auction 21060  30 Sep 2021
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Lot 579

Starting price: 1700 GBP
Price realized: 2700 GBP
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Anglo-Saxon England, Post-Crondall Types (c. 655-675), Pale Gold Shilling, 'Oath-taking' type, in the Constantinian style, braided, diademed and armoured bust right, long nose, wreath-ties and cross pommée behind, star symbol with annulets before, rev. Lyre-shaped shield in double pellet border, two crosses below, three large and five small pellets in tufa above, chevrons and vestigial legends in margin, 1.18g, 90° (SCBI 69, 9-10; T&S pp. 47-49; A&W xxiv; Gannon 62, 65, 73, 74, 165, 184, no. 17, and Figs 2.59, 2.71, and 2.72; cf. Marsden, 'Caesaromagus', No. 120, Summer 2016, pp. 50-59; North 17; Spink 766), nearly fine and extremely rare.
provenance
Spink 265, 10 December 2019, lot 12,
~ Found at Postwick (Norfolk), 2009 ~,
[EMC 2020.0050]
Estimate: £1800 - £2200
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