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Auction: 19026 - The Williams Collection Part IV - Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins
Lot: 479

(x) Mercia, Beornwulf (823-825), Penny, 1.25g, 6h, East Anglian mint, Eadgar, eronvvlf r., legend starts at 7 o'clock, around diademed and draped bust right, breaking solid inner circle, small cross on breast, rev. + ead + rar, around beaded circle containing small cross pommée (Naismith E22.2a this coin; N.-; S.-), edge chipped below bust, crack along left side of bust (daylight) and other splits, fine, the only specimen recorded by Naismith

provenance:
Baldwin auction 9, 8 October 1996, lot 1781
Found at Portesham, Dorset, autumn 1995
EMC 1995.0136

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