Edwardian Sterlings of the Bury St Edmunds Mint, From the Collection of Dr Robin Eaglen

Edward I-II (1272-1327), Class 3c (2), robe rtv sde hadl’, dies Aa2, 1.41g/7h, robe rtde hade leie, dies Bb1, 1.39g/9h; class 3d, robe rtde hade leie, dies Cc1, 1.39g/12h (Eaglen 355 (3), B699, 356 (4), B264, 358 (5), B780, these coins; N 1018-19; S 1417) [3]. Very fine or nearly so, all scarce £180-220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Edwardian Sterlings of the Bury St Edmunds Mint, From the Collection of Dr Robin Eaglen.

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Provenance: First H.R. Mossop Collection, bt P. Woodhead February 1988; second bt Baldwin December 1981; third bt S. Mitchell November 1988.

Robert de Hadleigh, a goldsmith from the village of Hadleigh in Suffolk, began striking coins at Bury on 26 June 1280. These early issues are conventionally dated to the summer and autumn months of this year