| Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 288 | Auction date: 6 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 951 Price realized: 950 GBP (Approx. 1,195 USD / 1,112 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: World Coins from Various Properties Low Countries, DORESTAD, Louis the Pious (814-40), Denier au temple, hlvdovicvs [––], cross with pellet in each angle, rev. dorestatvs mon, temple, 1.24g/6h (MG 337; cf. MEC I, 819). Good fine, extremely rare £1,200-£1,500 --- Provenance: found near Bury St Edmunds (Suffolk), September 2023 According to MEC, only three specimens are known - one from Germany (Pilligerheck Hoard 1956) and two from the Netherlands, one each from the Yde (Drenthe) Hoard 1955 and Tzummarum II (Friesland) Hoard 1991. This specimen seems to be the first found in the UK and may have been brought to its East Anglian findspot by Vikings in the 850s or 860s. |  |
