Lot Archive

Lot

№ 41

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13 December 2006

Hammer Price:
£850

Aldfrith (685-705), Sceatta, +aldfridvs around pellet-in-annulet, rev. horned quadruped left, cockerel-like spurs at fetlocks, triple tail above, 1.12g/9h (N 176; S 846). Good very fine, very rare (£500-600)

From different dies to the specimen sold in DNW Auction 71, 28 September 2006, lot 528. The reverse shows the ‘branch’ is in fact the tail of the animal