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Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Thrymsa, c. 620-45, ‘Witmen’ type, bust right with trident, rev. blundered legend around cross with bifurcated ends, 1.28g/1h (cf. Metcalf 20; N 26; S 753). Good very fine, rare £3,500-4,000

A specimen from the same pair of dies fetched £5,000 (hammer price) in Spink Auction 223, 26 March 2014, lot 1336