| Spink > Auction 23051 | Auction date: 27 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 1032 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, + EADVVEARD EX, finely incised laureate and draped bust right, rev. (trefoil) + (trefoil) | IIEIOIEB | + + + | IIEICIOB | (trefoil) + (trefoil), in two lines divided by row of three cross pattées, 1.56g [24.07grns], 5h (PAS NMS-F38064 = BM 2020T219, no. 6 this coin; Dies not represented in Morley; North 651; Spink -), minor delamination and struck with rusty dies, peripheral rusty spots, otherwise pleasantly struck up very fine, an exceptionally rare variety. 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 |  |
