CNG 111, Lot: 1037. Estimate $1000. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Pale Gold Phase. Circa 650-675. AV Thrymsa – Shilling (12mm, 1.14 g, 4h). ‘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 32-42 (unlisted dies); A&W Type V.xxvii; Metcalf 79–80; SCBI 63 (BM), 23-5; SCBI 69 (Abramson), 11-13 var. (number of rev. pellets); North 20; SCBC 767. VF, edge chip.
From the Ealing Collection. Ex Spink 202 (25 March 2010), lot 9.