Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVIIAuction date: 9 January 2024
Lot number: 1267

Price realized: 12,000 USD   (Approx. 10,991 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Eadgar. 959-975. AR Halfpenny (16mm, 0.60 g, 12h). London mint. Struck circa 959-967/8. EADG + AR RE, crude bust right / Londonia monogram; cross above, pellet to left triangle of pellets below. CTCE 394; SCBI 68 (Lyon), 753 (same dies); North 753; SCBC 1140B. Toned. Good VF. A high grade example of this intriguing issue. Extremely rare.

From the Causeway Collection, purchased from T. Owen.

A fascinating type harkening back to the London issues of Alfred the Great.

Estimate: 5000 USD