Auction Catalogue

4 October 2001

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Ancient, Celtic, British and World Coins. Historical and Art Medals

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 156

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4 October 2001

Hammer Price:
£40

Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Secondary series, base Sceatta, series L, bust left with cross, rev. standing figure holding cross, 0.87gm (Metcalf p.411); together with a contemporary base copy of a Sceatta, series J, two busts vis-à-vis, rev. four birds around cross, 1.03gm (cf. N 73, 135; cf. S 792, 828) [2]. Both only mediocre, but first very rare (£20-40)