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Auction: 15004 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 525

Eadgar (959-75), pre-reform coinage, before 973, Penny, 1.02g, Norwich, Bruninc, large crowned bust of East Anglian style right, +eadgar rex, rev. +brvninc monetae, small cross pattée within inner circle (N.750; S.1138), flan very lightly bowed and small scratch behind ear, generally a well struck and well-centred piece with particularly clear legends, good very fine and rare

provenance
Found Langham, Norfolk, 2014
Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, EMC 2014.0285

It is particularly unusual to be able to see the die sinkers' guide marks as on the reverse of this coin. The crescent-shaped marks were clearly made using a compasss for accuracy

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Sold for
£3,000