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14–16 June 2017

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Lot

№ 572

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14 June 2017

Hammer Price:
£6,500

Kings of Wessex, BRITISH COINS, Kings of Wessex, Ecgberht (802-39), non-Portrait type, West Saxon mint, Winchester or Southampton (?), Wihtnoth, ecgberht rex, saxonia in field, rev, wihtnod moe around cross, 1.40g/12h (Naismith W12; N 589; S 1041). Nearly extremely fine, extremely rare and in exceptional condition for the type £4,000-5,000

Provenance: Found near Andover (Hampshire)