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Auction: 26005 - British and World Coins and Medals: The Martin J Waldron Collection of English Coins
Lot: 287

(x) Eadgar (959-975), 'Two Line' Type, Penny, Bath [?], Æthelsige, + EADGEAR REX, small cross pattée in centre, rev. ÆÐELS | IGE M¯O, legend in two lines, divided by three cross pattées, cross pattée above and below, 1.41g [21.76grns], 12h (HC 1; SCBI -; CTCE -; North 743; BMC ib [Coll. no. -]; S.1129 variety), unfortunate old edge chip at 2 o'clock, otherwise of stable fabric, pleasingly toned, a really bold very fine, extremely rare, only three examples are recorded for type, none bearing this moneyer and with a fine 19th Century pedigree

Provenance

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


Glendining, 9 September 1992, lot 3 - "Good fine, a very rare variety" [with lot envelope]


William Boyne FSA, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 21 January 1896, lot 1149 - "Eadgar Pennies (2), EADGEAR REX, small cross, rev. ÆÐELSIGE MO... very fine, the first chipped"

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

Estimate
£500 to £800

Starting price
£400