Details
LOT 2562
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Edward the Confessor - York / Othbern - Facing Bust Penny 1062-1065 A.D.
BMC type xiii. Obv: facing bust with EADPARD REXANG legend. Rev: small cross with annulet in first quarter and +OÐRENONEOFR[ ] legend for the moneyer Othbern at York mint. Very fine; dark tone, chipped and repaired.(0.91 grams.). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired Nantwich Auctions.
Property of a Kent gentleman.
Literature
S. 1183; N. 830.
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LOT 2562
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Edward the Confessor - York / Othbern - Facing Bust Penny
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
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