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Auction: 26005 - British and World Coins and Medals: The Martin J Waldron Collection of English Coins
Lot: 232

(x) Mercia, Beornwulf (823-825), Group III, Penny, Eadgar, East Anglia Mint, + DEORVVLF RE, crude diademed bust right, rev. EAD | GAR [As inverted, G reversed], legend divided by two connected lunettes, two crosses and pellet in centre, 1.32g [20.37grns], 9h (BNJ Coin Register [2005], no. 150 this coin; EMC 2019.0347 same dies [Great Ryburgh]; BLS Be.5(a) variety; Naismith E22.1b this coin; North 396 variety; BMC -; S.930), lightly chipped and with a subtle flan crack to right of bust, otherwise lustrous, with a light golden tone, a pleasingly bold good very fine, extremely rare, only two known to this cataloguer; the other sold in these rooms in 2019

Provenance

The Martin Waldron Collection of Anglo-Saxon, Norman and Plantagenet Coins


~ Found near Cromer (Norfolk), 2004 ~


~ Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum (ref. EMC 2004.0086) ~


~ Recorded with the BNJ Coin Register 2005, no. 150 ~


Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£1,500 to £2,000

Starting price
£1200