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Auction: 18011 - The Williams Collection of Anglo-Saxon, Viking and Norman Coins - Part I
Lot: 47

(x) Wessex, Ecgberht (802-839), Penny, 1.30g, 6h, Canterbury, Osmund, + ecgbear - ht rex, diademed and draped bust right breaking plain inner circle, rev. + osmvnd moneta, legend begins at 9 o'clock, ne ligate, around monogram of dorob c, four pellets around, all within plain inner circle (Naismith C86g this coin; N.573; S.1033), a slight scrape on the obverse and a few striking cracks, otherwise good very fine, very rare

provenance:
Spink Numismatic Circular, November 1994, no. 7134

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Sold for
£3,800