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Sold between 21 January & 25 April 2018

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The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins

Marvin Lessen

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Lot

№ 229

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25 April 2018

Hammer Price:
£1,100

Kings of Wessex, Alfred the Great, Penny, Phase III, Two Line type, London style, Hereferth, æl fr ed re around cross pattée, rev. hereferd divided by central pellet, cross pattée at upper right, 1.55g/8h (BMC 337; N 636; S 1066). Test scratches on both sides probably made contemporaneously, otherwise fine, reverse better, toned £300-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins.

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Provenance: R.T. Cassal Collection, Glendining Auction, 3-4 December 1924, lot 11 (part); W.L. Gantz Collection; with Seaby September 1926; bt Spink c. 1965.

The vendor’s ticket states ‘probably from a Scandinavian hoard, note test scratches’