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Auction: 12009 - The Magnus Collection, Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 793

Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924), Penny, 1.57g, two line type with portrait, Dudig, laureate, draped bust left, +eadvveard rex, rev. dvdig / mon, divided by two crosses either side of a pellet, trefoil above and below (N.652; S.1084), lightly toned, a superb example, extremely fine, an extremely rare type Estimate £ 6,000-8,000 provenance Bt. Spink, April 1982 R.C. Lockett, Glendining, 4-6 November 1958, lot 2715 E.V. Rashleigh, Sotheby, 21-28 June 1909, lot 235 Rev. J.W. Martin, Sotheby, 23 May 1859, lot 23

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