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A Collection of English Hammered Coins, the Property of a Cambridge Scholar

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8 June 2016

Hammer Price:
£180

Northumbria/York rulers, Eanred (810-841), Styca, Eadvini, 1.19g/4h (N 186; S 860); Æthelred II (First reign, 841-4), Stycas (2), Monne, rosette on rev., 1.14g/8h, Wulfsige (retrograde), cross on rev., 1.18g/12h (N 188; S 865) [3]. First nearly extremely fine and scarce, others very fine £100-150

Provenance: First L.A. Lawrence Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 14 March 1951, lot 198 (part), SCMB June 1981 (E 202), Downie’s Auction 269 (Melbourne), 12 July 1999, lot 1214; second Downie’s Auction 272 (Melbourne), 14 June 2000, lot 741; third Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 74 (Sydney), 26-9 November 2003, lot 1603