Special Collections

Sold on 21 March 1995

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The Collection of Anglo-Saxon and Earlier Hammered Coins formed by the late Captain 'Peter' Arnot

Captain 'Peter’ Arnot

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№ 86

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21 March 1995

Hammer Price:
£450

Eadgar (959-975), Eadgar, Reform Coinage (973-975), portrait type, Ælfnoth, London, EADGAR REX ANGLOX, diademed bust left, reverse ÆLFNOD M-o LVND, small cross pattée in centre, 1.56 gms (BMC vi; N. 752; S. 1141). Portrait weak and with tiny chip to rim, otherwise better than fine (£300-400)

Ex W. C. Wells collection. This moneyer is unrecorded by North for London: an example is represented in the National Museum, Copenhagen, SCBI Copenhagen 778