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Auction: 15005 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 332

Eadwig (955-959), Penny, 1.36g, Two line type (HT1 NE), 'York' group, Heriger, cross pattée within inner circle, +eadpig rex Ð around, rev. herig / er m-o, divided by three cross pattée, trefoils above and below (CTCE p.154, No 68; N.724; S.1122), the obverse double struck and with light hairlines, good metal, very fine, Eadwig a harder monarch to source of this period, rare thus

provenance:
Bt. Seaby, January 1975, £300 (ticket by Robert Sharman)

Examples of Herigers work have been found in hoards on the Hebridean isles of Tiree and Iona as well as York Minster.

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Sold for
£1,500