Auction Catalogue

26 September 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British Coins

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1015

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26 September 2011

Hammer Price:
£6,800

Kings of All England, Eadred (946-955), Penny, Bust Crowned type, no mint name, Wilfreth, crowned and draped bust right, +eadred rex, rev. small cross, vvilfred monet, 1.42g/12h (CTCE 269; SCBI BM 717; cf. BMC 120; N 713; S 1115). Full and round, about extremely fine and lightly toned, very rare £3,500-4,000

Provenance: E.W. Rashleigh Collection, Sotheby Auction, 21 June-1 July 1909, lot 265; R.C. Lockett Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 6-9 June 1955, lot 601