Crondall Period Thrymsa

CNG 85, Lot: 1438. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Crondall Period. Circa 620-645. AV Thrymsa (11mm, 1.26 g). Witmen type. Diademed bust right; trident cross before / Cross fourchée; blundered legend around. Sutherland 60-1 var. (rev. legend, unlisted dies); Metcalf 4-10 var. (same); North 25; SCBC 753. VF, lightly toned, short flan crack at 12 o’clock on obverse. Rare.

Ex James Hall Collection (Dix, Noonan, Webb, 28 September 2006), lot 1; Classical Numismatic Group 55 (13 September 2000), lot 1790.