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Auction: 26005 - British and World Coins and Medals: The Martin J Waldron Collection of English Coins
Lot: 323

(x) Eadgar (959-975), Post-Reform, Penny, 973-975, Norwich, Lifinc / Leofing, + EADGAR REX ANGLORx, diademed and draped bust left, rev. + LYFINC M¯O NRÐPT. I with cross-bar, small cross pattée in centre, 1.59g [24.54grns], 3h (SCBI 2 [Hunterian], 722 same dies; Doubleday 355 this coin; North 752; BMC vi [Coll. VIII, 7]; S.1141), a wholesome specimen, with typical weakness to drapery, otherwise richly cabinet toned, good fine / very fine, an extremely rare type for this moneyer with a fine 19th Century pedigree

Provenance

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


Gordon Vincent Doubleday, Glendining, 6 October 1987, lot 355* - "bust a little flat, otherwise very fine, extremely rare" - £750 [with his ticket and with lot envelope]


Valentine John Eustace Ryan, Second Portion, Glendining, 22 January 1952, lot 801* - "very fine and rare" - £11.0.0


James Verity, the well-known dealer, by private treaty


John Joseph Nunn (of Downham Market), Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 27 November - 2 December 1896, lot 114 - "rare" - £2.9.0 [Verity]

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