CNG 100, Lot: 1057. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Substantive Gold Phase. Circa 630-650. AV Thrymsa (7mm, 1.29 g). Type VII (Miscellaneous). Patriarchal cross atop orb / Rough blank surface. Sutherland 90; A&W 379 = EMC 1998.0039 (this coin); Metcalf 73; SCBI 63 (BM), –; North 39; SCBC 759. VF. Extremely rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, 1998. Found Nettleton, Lincolnshire, 1998.