Triton XXII, Lot: 1351. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Pale Gold Phase. Circa 650-675. AV Thrymsa – Shilling (12mm, 1.28 g, 6h). ‘Two Emperors’ type. Mint in Kent(?). Diademed and draped bust right; pseudo legend around / Two small busts facing, holding two orbs between them; above, Victory with wings enfolding the figures; three pellets to each side of Victory’s head. Sutherland 33 (unlisted dies); A&W Type V.xxvii; SCBI 63 (BM), 27–8 (same obv. die); Metcalf –; SCBI 69 (Abramson), –; North 20; SCBC 767. EF, lustrous, tiny mark on cheek. Well struck on a broad flan. Rare thus.

Found near Maidstone, Kent, 2018.