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Auction: 16019 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 1, Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins
Lot: 343

Henry I (1100-35), Penny, 0.87g, Voided Cross and Fleurs type, (BMC V), Ipswich, Ædgar, crowned bust facing, annulets by neck, rev. +ÆDGAR[ ]: ON GIPES, cross pattÉe voided with annulet centre; in each angle, a voided trefoil with an annulet at its base (N861; S1266), surface cracks and a little porous, almost fine, the reverse better, excessively rare

PROVENANCE:
DNW 46, 31 May 2000, lot 158

In the DNW catalogue the moneyer is attributed as Germane, however, it is difficult to reconcile this with the legend. At 3 o’clock is a G of similar style to that of the mint signature, with the previous two letters appearing to be ED. The following letter has a surface split coincident with what would be the crossbar of an N. We have therefore re-attributed this coin to Ædgar. This name is too short by one letter to fill the space available, however, a double R is possible. Ædgar strikes both earlier and later types at Ipswich. This was the first recorded coin of the type for the mint.

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