| Spink > Auction 23051 | Auction date: 27 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 1023 Price realized: Unsold | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Anglo-Frisian, in the style of Louis the Pious (c. 814-840), Pale AV Solidus, c. 830, in imitation of Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen), +DVVNNIVIIVIIII, some letters retrograde, laureate, draped bust right, with incised hair and trefoil of pellets for eye, rev. DIVINIVIIVIIVZ, cross pattée in 'suspended wreath', 4.28g, 11h (cf. Prou 1076; cf. BMC Carolingians 78; MEC -), cracked through but together, with porosity and details blundered, a rare example of the fledgling 'English' gold specie, struck details about very fine, albeit much as struck, and of numismatic importance. Provenance, Found in Brockworth, near Tewkesbury (Gloucestershire), 6 November 2022, ~ Recorded with Fitzwilliam Museum, ref. EMC 2023.0156 ~ Estimate: £3000 - £4000 |  |
