| Spink > Auction 23051 | Auction date: 27 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 1034 Price realized: 4,500 GBP (Approx. 5,715 USD / 5,276 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924), 'Portrait' Type, Penny, Tila, + EADVVEARD REX, finely incised laureate and draped bust left, rev. TILI M | ONE TA, the TA inverted, in two lines divided by row of cross pattées, trefoil above and below, 1.55g [23.92grns], 12h (CTCE 40; cf. SCBI 26 [East Anglia], 879 [Morley St Peter]; Vatican Hoard 451 = Lockett 2713 = SCBI 20 [Mack], 751 same reverse die; BMC III; North 651; Spink 1084), inconsequential rim loss between 5 and 8 o'clock, otherwise of excellent metal, dappled field tone overlying uniform original surfaces, a really good very fine with an exceptional portrait, excessively rare in open commerce, with only one example of Tila recovered each from the Morley St. Peter and Vatican troves. Provenance, Found at Sudbury (Suffolk), Sunday 12 November 2023, ~ Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum, ref. EMC 2023.0510 ~ Estimate: £4000 - £6000 |  |
