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Auction: 23051 - English Milled and Hammered Coins and Artefacts
Lot: 1031

The Quidenham Hoard of 10th Century Silver Pennies | Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924), Penny, + EADVVEA REX, finely incised laureate and draped bust left, rev. + | MEIOCR | + + + | MEICIO | + in two lines divided by row of three cross pattées, 1.39g [21.45grns], 12h (PAS NMS-88D191 = BM 2014T769, no. 3 same dies; PAS NMS-F38064 = BM 2020T219, no. 4 this coin; SCBI 26 [East Anglia], 762-764 same dies [Morley St Peter]; North 651; Spink 1084), bend to flan, otherwise patchy 'field toned' with a handsomely uniform and bold strike, of excellent metal, approaching extremely fine with an outstanding portrait, very rare

Provenance

Found as part of a scattered hoard at Quidenham, Breckland District (Norfolk), Friday 20 December 2019

~ Recorded with Dr Adrian Marsden at the Norfolk Museum, (refs. INDJG13012020AM = SMR 60596 = PAS NMS-F38064) ~

~ Reported to the British Museum under the Treasure Act [1996], (ref. BM 2020T219), and subsequently declared treasure at formal inquest, but returned to finder on account of insufficient Museum funds ~


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£4,000

Starting price
£700