Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
Lot number: 1255 Price realized: 2,375 USD (Approx. 2,175 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on |
Lot description: ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Edward the Elder. 899-924. AR Penny (21mm, 1.68 g, 1h). Circumscription cross/Horizontal-Quatrefoil (HQ1) type (BMC ii). Mercia West dies; Wynbeorht, moneyer. Early periods I or II, circa 899-910. + EΛDVVEΛRD REX ·, small cross pattée; pellet in second quarter / VVNB/ERHT in two lines; two crosses and pellet between, quatrefoils above and below. CTCE 310; SCBI 9 (Ashmolean), 304-5; BMC 69 (same dies); North 649; SCBC 1087. Deeply toned. EF. Rare. From the Causeway Collection, purchased from AMR Coins, August 2012. Ex R.C. Lockett (English Part I, 6 June 1955), lot 550a. Estimate: 1500 USD |