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Auction: 12009 - The Magnus Collection, Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 453

Mercia, Beornwulf (823-25), Penny, 1.36g, group 1, East Anglian mint, ?Ipswich, Werbald, head right breaking inner circle, +beornþvlf rex, rev. þer / bald / mone in three lines, uncial m (Naismith E25; N.394; S.928), even grey tone, full flan, a superb example, extremely fine, extremely rare Estimate £ 5,000-6,000 provenance Found between Melbourne and Yielden, Bedfordshire, October 2011. Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, EMC 2011.0250 Naismith lists 8 examples for this type. This new specimen is struck from a different set of dies to the other examples.

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