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Auction: 23006 - The Official COINEX Auction at Spink
Lot: 41

The John Chatwin Collection | Mercia, Burgred (852-874), Penny, Hygeræd, + BVRGRED REX around draped and diademed bust right, rev. D MON | HVGERE | ETA (0/0/0/0) in three lines, lunettes around upper and lower line, [Spink XRF: 66.32% Ag; 27.68% Cu; 2.26% Sn; 1.92% Zn; 1.17% Pb; 0.66% Au], 1.42g [21.91grns], 5h (Mackay H11.98-99 [B1, bars]; SCBI 67 [BM], 622; North 426; Spink 942B), area of carbonisation before portrait, otherwise lightly toned, of good metal, a pleasingly bold very fine

Provenance

From the John Chatwin Collection of English Hammered Coins

Spink, by private treaty, 7 October 1999

with previous dealer's ticket, for £210

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Sold for
£700

Starting price
£350