Triton XX, Lot: 1464. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Post-Crondall phase. Circa 655-675. AV Thrymsa – Shilling (12mm, 1.27 g, 2h). ’Two Emperors’ type (Type II.T.v). Diademed bust right, crude legend around / Two small busts facing, holding two orbs between them; above, Victory with wings enfolding the figures. Sutherland 37–8 var. (O5/R– [unlisted rev. die]); A&W Type V.xxvii; SCBI 63 (BM), 27–8 (same obv. die); Metcalf 79–80; North 20; SCBC 767. Good VF. Rare.
From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Spink 211 (13 December 2011), lot 66.