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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 171

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Eadgar (959-975), 'Horizontal Rosette' Type, Penny, Derby [?], Frithuric, EADGAR REX, small cross pattée, M in upper field, rev. FREÐI | CES MOT, in two lines, divided by three cross pattées, rosette above and below, [Spink XRF: 73.04% Ag; 22.72% Cu; 2.92% Zn; 0.685% Pb; 0.63% Au], 1.26g [19.44grns], 1h (J Baart de la Faille [1869], 1195; CTCE 142 [HR2]; SCBI 20 [Mack], 803 this coin; SCBI [BM] 34, 1013; North 744; BMC I [Coll. no. 141]; Spink 1130), small chip to edge at 10-11 o'clock, and some delamination or blistering to fields, with further traces of verdigris in otherwise richly cabinet toned fields, nevertheless struck details nearing extremely fine, scarce

Provenance

T Mathews, by private treaty, 2000 - £320

SNC, September 1979, no. 7950* - "some verdigris, about EF" - £400
~ the minor edge chip sustained after this sale
Commander R P Mack, Sylloge 803, collection part-purchased after auction by Spink, 1979

Spink, by private treaty, 1954

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Sold for
£600

Starting price
£200