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LOT 3276
Anglo-Saxon. Archbishops of York, Wigmund AE Styca. 837-849/50.
York mint; Aethelweard, moneyer. + VIGMVND IREP, small cross pattée / + EDILVEARD (retrograde), small cross pattée. Pirie 696; North 196; SCBC 870. Very Fine.(0.96gr, 13mm, 10h.).
Provenance
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010.
From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman.
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