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Auction: 23107 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 27: British and World Coins, Medals and Tokens Featuring the 'Leja Park' Collection - e-Auction
Lot: 7021

Northumbria, Redwulf, Usurper (c. 843-844), AE Styca, Alghere, +REARVLF R, cross, rev. +ALHERRE, cross, 1.57g, 12h (Abramson 1007; North 189; Spink 867), on a dumpy flan with a die cud on obverse, otherwise good fine to very fine, scarce, with a sound pedigree

Provenance

The "White Rose" Collection of English Coins, formed over several generations between 1914 and 1975

G C Drabble, Glendining, First Portion, 4 July 1939, lot 296 [part] - both very fine and rare - £0.16.0 [with this catalogue clipping]
Baldwin, by private treaty with Drabble, £0.15.0
Colonel John Biddulph († 24 December 1921), collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, c. 1920 [with his ticket]


Biddulph, the well-known author and naturalist, retired from the service of Lord Northbrook, Viceroy of India, in 1896. His lengthy career began with the 19th Lancers at Awadh during the India Mutiny in 1857, and later participated in the Second Yarkand Mission (1873-1874) across the Himalayas to Chinese Turkestan. During this journey he discovered a hitherto unrecorded variety of jaybird, latter named podoces biddulphi in his honour. His authorship ranged from 'Tribes of the Hindoo Koosh' published in 1880, to 'The Pirates of Malabar, and 'An Englishwoman in India', both published in 1907.

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Estimate

Starting price
£70