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Lot of 2 Electrotypes - obverse and reverse on separate planchets: Anglo-Saxon, Kings of East Anglia. Unknown maker, possibly the Huntarian Museum or the National Museum of Wales(?). Aethelberht II AR Penny. Before AD 794. Lulla, moneyer. Moneyer and king's names in Runic script around bust to right / Wolf and twins motif within pelleted rectangle; REX above, pellets below. For prototype cf. https://insider.spink.com/2020/07/24/elementor-1704/ for an image of the original coin; cf. SCBC 946. Obv.= 4.60g, 17mm; Rev. = 4.61g, 17mm.
Condition as seen; obverse and reverse on separate planchets.
From a private English collection.
The location of the original of this coin appears elusive; Rory Naismith's paper 'A New Type for Æthelberht II of East Anglia' gives the locations for the three existing examples of this type as the British Museum, the Huntarian Museum and the National Museum of Wales. The British Museum example is pictured in this article and is decidedly not the prototype for our coin here, however the online catalogues of both the Huntarian and the NMW do not provide us with the image we would need to definitely match the prototype for this exceptionally rare type.
Condition as seen; obverse and reverse on separate planchets.
From a private English collection.
The location of the original of this coin appears elusive; Rory Naismith's paper 'A New Type for Æthelberht II of East Anglia' gives the locations for the three existing examples of this type as the British Museum, the Huntarian Museum and the National Museum of Wales. The British Museum example is pictured in this article and is decidedly not the prototype for our coin here, however the online catalogues of both the Huntarian and the NMW do not provide us with the image we would need to definitely match the prototype for this exceptionally rare type.