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Details
LOT 3119
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Edgar AR Penny. 959-975. Mint in East Anglia. Saydtinc, moneyer. Pre-Reform Coinage. Bust Crowned (BMC v) type.
✠ EΛD[G]ΛR REX, crowned and draped bust to right, breaking inner circle / ✠ SΛVD[T]INC MONYN[I?] ✠, short cross pattée. North 750; SCBC 1138; EMC 2025.0338 (this coin). Good Very Fine. Edge chipped. Extremely rare; only 3 examples on EMC and none on CoinArchives.(1.20gr, 20mm, 4h.).
Provenance
Found Fressingfield 26 September 2025.
Recorded with the Early Medieval Corpus at the Fitzwilliam Museum with reference no.EMC 2025.0338.
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