Early Anglo-Saxon Coins
BRITISH COINS, Kings of Wessex, Ecgberht, Penny, Late Phase [IV], Rochester, Beagmund, ecgbeorht rex around cross potent with pellet in each angle, rev. beagmvnd moneta around cross potent with pellet in each angle, 1.34g/9h (Naismith R16.1i, this coin; cf. BMA 387-90; N 580 var.; S 1038). Light surface cracks on obverse, otherwise better than fine, extremely rare
£1,200-1,500
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Provenance: CNG Triton VIII Auction (New York), 11-12 January 2005, lot 1756, and believed to be a then recently-discovered metal detector find