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Auction: 23051 - English Milled and Hammered Coins and Artefacts
Lot: 1023

Anglo-Frisian, in the style of Louis the Pious (c. 814-840), Pale AV Solidus, c. 830, in imitation of Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen), +DVVNNIVIIVIIII, some letters retrograde, laureate, draped bust right, with incised hair and trefoil of pellets for eye, rev. DIVINIVIIVIIVZ, cross pattée in 'suspended wreath', 4.28g, 11h (cf. Prou 1076; cf. BMC Carolingians 78; MEC -), cracked through but together, with porosity and details blundered, a rare example of the fledgling 'English' gold specie, struck details about very fine, albeit much as struck, and of numismatic importance

Provenance

Found in Brockworth, near Tewkesbury (Gloucestershire), 6 November 2022

~ Recorded with Fitzwilliam Museum, ref. EMC 2023.0156 ~

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Estimate
£3,000 to £4,000

Starting price
£2800