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Auction: 26005 - British and World Coins and Medals: The Martin J Waldron Collection of English Coins
Lot: 311

(x) Eadgar (959-975), Portrait Type, Penny, "East Anglian" Group, Eardwulf, + EADGAR REX, crowned and draped bust right, rev. + EARDDVLF MONETA, small cross pattée in centre, 1.47g [22.69grns], 4h (EMC 2014.0037 this coin; CTCE -; North 750; BMC v [Coll. no. -]; S.1138), ragged edge, otherwise with a dark field patina with a supreme portrait, a pleasingly bold very fine for strike, and presumed UNIQUE

Provenance

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


DNW 122, 2 April 2014, lot 302 - "small edge chip, otherwise better than very fine with a good portrait, very rare, the moneyer unlisted in the main references" - £2,200 [with lot flip]


~ Found at Attleborough (Norfolk), December 2013 ~


~ Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum (ref. EMC 2014.0037) ~


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

Estimate
£1,400 to £2,000

Starting price
£1100