Auction: 26005 - British and World Coins and Medals: The Martin J Waldron Collection of English Coins
Lot: 324
(x) Eadgar (959-975), Post-Reform, Penny, 973-975, Norwich, Maneca / Manning, + EADGAR REX ANGLORx, diademed and draped bust left, rev. + MANIC MO.¯ NORDPICN, small cross pattée in centre, 1.55g [23.92grns], 10h (SCBI -; North 752; BMC vi [Coll. -]; S.1141), softly struck on portrait with classic field toning, fine to very fine, extremely rare, an extremely rare coin, this moneyer not previously recorded for Eadgar's Reform specie
Provenance
The Martin Waldron Collection of Anglo-Saxon, Norman and Plantagenet Coins
DNW 41, 3 June 1999, lot 1027 - "bust nearly flat and trace of rust in reverse field, legends very fine, very rare, the moneyer not noted by Jonsson for the reign but three specimens (BM (2). Glasgow) listed for Edward the Martyr"
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Estimate
£800 to £1,000
Starting price
£600