MS62 | Early Anglo-Saxon Period (600-775), gold Thrymsa, Substantive Gold Phase (c.630-50), London, type III.i, crude facing bust, crosses flanking, rev. cross in central circle, O to left, c-shape to right, retrograde legend surrounding, LONDVNIV, 1.33g (SCBI 63 [BM], p. 87, note 27 [this coin cited]; Metcalf 52-5; cf. N.21; S.757). Crisply detailed with hints of red tone, an exemplary representative of this extremely rare type, graded by NGC as MS62.

NGC Certification 6318986-003

Provenance:
Ex Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, CNG Auction 100, 7 October 2015, lot 1056
Ex William L. Subjack Collection, Vecchi 11, 5 June 1998, lot 1
Glendining's, 2 June 1994, lot 226

Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000