Auction Catalogue

16 & 17 September 2014

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British Coins

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 2352

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16 September 2014

Hammer Price:
£1,100

Eadred (946-955), Penny, Bust Crowned type, no mint name, Prim, prim mone mone mon, 1.43g/6h (CTCE –; BMC –; N 713; S 1115). Slight edge chip, otherwise about very fine, reverse better, extremely rare £900-1,200

Although no coins are listed in BMC or CTCE, Prim (Pirim, Prin) is included in the index of moneyers in both references. The vendor interprets the name as a variant of Wærin who was a moneyer at Northampton during Eadgar’s reign