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LOT 1682

Anglo-Saxon Coins - Ecgberht of Wessex - Winchester / Bosa - SAXON Monogram Penny

802-839 AD, BMC xviii. Obv: SAXON monogram with +ECGBEORHT REX legend. Rev: central cross with +BOZA MONETA legend for the moneyer Bosa at a south-western mint (believed to be Winchester). Very fine; small striking split at edge. Very rare; the dies apparently not previously recorded, thus unique in this regard.(1.26 grams.).

Provenance

Found near Wimborne, Dorset, UK, February 2014.

Published

United Kingdom Detector Finds Database, reference 44454.

Literature

S. 1041; N. 589; Naismith type W5a-b (different dies); cf. EMC 2011.0224 (different dies).

Footnotes

Naismith records two examples of this type for the moneyer (one is the British Museum specimen, BMC, 21) and a third is listed in the Early Medieval Corpus (EMC 2011.0224); all from different dies; the specimen offered here appears to be the fourth recorded.

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LOT 1682

Anglo-Saxon Coins - Ecgberht of Wessex - Winchester / Bosa - SAXON Monogram Penny

Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,049

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