Anglo-Saxon Coins - Post Crondall - Two Emperors Gold Shilling (Thrymsa)
655-675 A.D. Obv: helmeted bust right with letters and symbols behind, within a beaded border. Rev: bust of winged angel facing with two pellets to the right and a single pellet to the left above two facing heads with annulet-in-crescents below in centre and additional annulet under the right bust. S. 767 variant; N. 14; M. 79-80; see Abramson 840 for very similar example; see SCBI 69 (Abramson) 11-12 for type. 1.26 grams. Ex late John Cross collection, Canterbury, UK.Acquired Canterbury Auction Galleries, 3 October 2021, lot 569.Property of two Kent sisters, by gift from their parents.
Price realized | 2'800 GBP |
Starting price | 2'600 GBP |
Estimate | 4'000 GBP |