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Auction: 18011 - The Williams Collection of Anglo-Saxon, Viking and Norman Coins - Part I
Lot: 68

(x) Kings of All England, Eadred (946-955), Penny, 1.38g, 3h, Bust Crowned type, Wilebert, + eadred rex, legend begins at 9 o'clock, crowned and draped bust right, extending beyond solid inner circle, rev. + vvilebert nonet around small cross patteé in solid inner circle (SCBI 16 (Norweb) 162 this coin; SCBI 2 (Glasgow) 665 same dies; cf. Chester hoard 257; N.713; S.1115), very fine, rare

provenance:
Glendining, 8 September 1993, lot 428
Norweb, part 3, Spink auction 56, 19 November 1986, lot 787
Purchased from New Netherlands, April 1953
Duke of Argyll, collection purchased by Spink, 1949
Drabble, Glendining, 13 December 1943, lot 852
Mann, Sotheby, 29 October 1917, lot 60
Bliss, Sotheby, 22 March 1916, lot 96
Montagu, part 1, Sotheby, 18-23 November 1895, lot 681

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