| Spink > Auction 23051 | Auction date: 27 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 1031 Price realized: 4,000 GBP (Approx. 5,080 USD / 4,690 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: The Quidenham Hoard of 10th Century Silver Pennies | Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924), Penny, + EADVVEA REX, finely incised laureate and draped bust left, rev. + | MEIOCR | + + + | MEICIO | + in two lines divided by row of three cross pattées, 1.39g [21.45grns], 12h (PAS NMS-88D191 = BM 2014T769, no. 3 same dies; PAS NMS-F38064 = BM 2020T219, no. 4 this coin; SCBI 26 [East Anglia], 762-764 same dies [Morley St Peter]; North 651; Spink 1084), bend to flan, otherwise patchy 'field toned' with a handsomely uniform and bold strike, of excellent metal, approaching extremely fine with an outstanding portrait, very rare. Provenance, Found as part of a scattered hoard at Quidenham, Breckland District (Norfolk), Friday 20 December 2019, ~ Recorded with Dr Adrian Marsden at the Norfolk Museum, (refs. INDJG13012020AM = SMR 60596 = PAS NMS-F38064) ~, ~ Reported to the British Museum under the Treasure Act [1996], (ref. BM 2020T219), and subsequently declared treasure at formal inquest, but returned to finder on account of insufficient Museum funds ~ Estimate: £4000 - £5000 |  |
