| Spink > Auction 23005 | Auction date: 12 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 141 Price realized: 480 GBP (Approx. 603 USD / 559 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Mercia, Coenwulf (796-821), Group I, 'Tribrach' Type, Penny, 796-798, London, Eama, + CO'ENVVL'F REX, commencing at 6 o'clock, uncial m with bar above, rev. E.A | •M• | •A• between arms of tribrach moline, centre beaded, [Spink XRF: 97.68% Ag; 1.68% Cu; 0.638% Pb], 1.05g [16.20grns], 12h (Naismith L10 unlisted; EMC 2001.0540; North 342; Spink 914), very light pitting to surfaces and roughness to edges, otherwise a pleasing and uniform strike, very fine, extremely rare, with only one example listed on EMC, and that and one other known to Naismith in the Fitzwilliam. Provenance, 'JC', by private treaty, 1988 - £460, ~ An evident recent metal detecting discovery at the time of purchase, for which alas no trace of a findspot has been traced ~ Estimate: £200 - £300 |  |
