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Auction: 21050 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coins - Part II : Northumbria
Lot: 518

Northumbria, Æthelred II (c. 841-843-849/50), Styca, Phase II, 'Special Motifs', Leofthegn, +EDELRED REX, four circles and central pellet cruciform within circle, rev. +LEOFDEJh MONET, the N retrograde, voided cross pattée inset with equidistant small pellets and large central pellet, central motif (3c/3d), 1.08g, 200° (Stewartby V, 1890 this coin; Pirie 173; North 188; Spink 866A), some verdigris surface deposits, otherwise very fine, extremely rare

provenance
Lord Stewartby, Part V, Spink 246, 28 April 2017, lot 1890
Probably
Dr Fairlen collection purchased by Spink (acquired October 1954)
~ Hexham hoard, 1832 ~


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Sold for
£450

Starting price
£320