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Auction: 26005 - British and World Coins and Medals: The Martin J Waldron Collection of English Coins
Lot: 308

(x) Eadgar (959-975), Portrait Type, "South East Midlands" Group, Penny, Bedford [?], Brother, + EADGAR REX, crowned and draped bust right, rev. + BROÐER MONE[TA B]E, small cross pattée in centre, with cross pattée above and pellet left, right and below, 1.04g [16.05grns], 8h ("Brother, a Bedford Moneyer of Edgar", Stewartby, SNC [October 1994], p. 357 - this coin; BNJ Coin Register [1987], p. 138, no. 127 = EMC 1987.0127 this coin; SCBI -; CTCE -; North 751/3; BMC vb [Coll. no. -]; S.1138 var.), a large fragment with minor cracking and some surface roughness, nevertheless struck details about very fine, UNIQUE, and a significant discovery coin for the mysterious Bedford Mint

Provenance

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


SNC, March 1993, no. 998* - "unfortunately a portion of the coin is missing, otherwise cracked F-VF and extremely rare (apparently unrecorded). A recent find." [with tickets and envelope]


Private Collection, North Essex, 1987


~ Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum, ref. EMC 1987.0127 ~

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

Estimate
£500 to £800

Starting price
£400