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Series K, type 42, var. - Anglo-Saxon England, Secondary Series (710-760), Sceat, Series K, type 42, variety a (?), diademed, bejewelled and draped bust right, wreath knot behind, floral bud in palm, rev. animal left, looking back and upwards, rounding angled bush with buds and berries, clawed feet below, 1.10g, 270° (Abramson, 2012a, Fig 18; 2012b, Figs 1a & 2a; SCBI 69, 435 this coin; Gannon 58-9, 67, 71, 72, 77, 131, 132-4, 139, 185, no. 31, and Figs. 2.38, 2.51b, 2.63, 2.74, 4.37a; MEC 8 Series Kc; North 101; Spink 803A). Images and selected text reproduced by kind permission of Spink and Son Ltd, London, auction 21000, The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part I, March 18th 2021, lot #192. Provenance: S Calver, May 2010 ~ Found at Linton (Cambridgeshire) |