Details
LOT 3816
Anglo-Saxon. Archbishops of York, Wigmund AE Styca. 837-849/50. York mint; Edilueard, moneyer. Phase II, Group C.
✠ VIGͶVͶD ΛPEP around central cross / ✠ EDILVEΛPD around central cross. North 196; SCBC 870. Near Very Fine.(0.72gr, 12mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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