Lot 219
Great Britain. Kings of All England. AR Penny, ND (Northwestern mint). North-707; S-1113. 1.40 grams. Eadred, 946-955 AD. Two-line type. Horizontal Rosette issue. Moneyer, Regder. Central circle, small cross pattee within; + EADRED REX broadly spaced around. Reverse: Inscription in two lines: REGÐE / RES MOT in upper and lower registers, pellet rosettes above and below, with three crosses across center. Boldy struck on large flan, on choice metal. Even medium gray toning; the recesses silvery to colorfully iridescent, with residual luster. Scarce as a type, but the cataloguer has never seen a finer example. NGC graded MS-63.
Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500.
Ex Larry Stack Collection (Sotheby's, April 1999, lot 475).Ex Dr Jacob Y. Terner Collection (by private treaty to the Millennia Collection).
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