|
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Edward the Elder. 899-924. AR Penny (22mm, 1.71 g, 10h). Bust Diademed (BD) type (BMC iii). Mint in East Anglia; Tila, moneyer.
Triton XXIV Lot: 1376. Estimated: $ 7 500
British, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver
Sold For $ 7 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.
Go to Live
|
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Edward the Elder. 899-924. AR Penny (22mm, 1.71 g, 10h). Bust Diademed (BD) type (BMC iii). Mint in East Anglia; Tila, moneyer. + EΛDVVEΛRD REX (all retrograde), diademed bust left / TILI M/ONETΛ (TΛ inverted) in two lines; three crosses pattée between, trefoils above and below. Vatican Hoard 451 = SCBI 20 (Mack) 751 (this coin); cf. CTCE 40; North 651; SCBC 1084. Wonderful old cabinet tone. Near EF. Characterful East Anglian portrait. Very rare.
Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVIII.6 (December 2000), no. HS0007; R. P. Mack (Part I, Glendining’s, 18 November 1975), lot 117; R. C. Lockett (Part III, Glendining, 4 November 1958) lot 2713; “Rome Hoard” (Part II, Glendining, 13 November 1930), lot 54; 1928 Vatican Hoard.
The final winners of all Triton XXIV lots will be determined during the live online sale that will be held on 19-20 January 2021. This lot is in Session Four, which begins 20 January 2021 at 2 PM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 22.50% for all others.
We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports Mozilla Firefox (version 60+) and Chrome (version 67+).
|