| Davissons, Ltd. > Auction 43 | Auction date: 20 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 171 Price realized: 1,400 USD (Approx. 1,290 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Electrotype of English hammered coinage. Ecgberht (Ecgbeorht) King of Wessex. 802-839. Penny electrotype (double-thick). 20 mm. DOROB C type. Ca 828-839. Canterbury (SSC Type III). The BMC piece is 1020 (Plate 43) in SCBI 67, British Museum Anglo-Saxon Coins II published in 2016. His diademmed head right, bust breaking inner circle. +ECGBEΛRTREX around between an inner and outer circle / Central monogram, "without doubt copied from the Karolus monogram on the coinage of Charles the Great" (Charlemagne). (BMC 1893 note, p xx). Probably for DOROB C (Dorobernia Civitas). +BOSEL TOHETV around (BOSEL MONETA). S. 1035. (Seaby/Spink Standard Catalog plate coin, 1962 to 2007) (SSC 1-15: 569B. SSC 16-41. 1035.) As made. Electrotypes of Anglo-Saxon coins in the British Museum Many used for the Standard Catalog prior to 2007 British Museum electrotypes of ancient coins were produced in quantity and distributed for educational use as well as for collectors. I have been unable to locate any history of the Anglo-Saxon electrotypes offered here. Some of these electrotypes are of images used for photographs of Anglo-Saxon coins in the new publication, Standard Catalog of British Coins, Part 1 first published in 1962 by Seaby's Numismatic Publications. It is probable these actual pieces were photographed. Responsibility for the half-tone photographs in the volume as well as editorial responsibility for the Anglo-Saxon section (up to Edward II) fell on Frank Purvey, Seaby's photographer and long-time director of the firm. Peter Seaby's comments in the 1962 Coin and Medal Bulletin make no reference to the source for the coins photographed. Current practice for the Standard Catalog includes many pieces from important Spink auctions. Each of these electrotypes has been identified in one of the British Museum catalogs as well as in the "Standard Catalog" if the image actually made the cut when the reference was first published. Estimate: 500 USD |  |
