Lot 190
Great Britain. Kings of Mercia. AR Penny, ND (East Anglian mint). North-397; S-929. 1.45 grams. Beornwulf, 823-825 AD. Type II, Portrait type. Moneyer Eacga. Bareheaded draped bust right (the drapery indicated by two back-to-back crescents); + BEORNPVLF RE around. Reverse: Central cross crosslet; + GAEVC (moneyer, Eacga) around. Crisp, clean strike, on excellent metal, on full flan. Attractive, quite even smoky brown-gray toning, with occasional mint luster discernable. An ultra-important and Extremely Rare coin. NGC graded MS-62.
Estimated Value $12,000 - 14,000.
Ex Carlyon-Britton (855), Bruun (29), Ryan (639), Mack, Norweb (part III, 74), Larry Stack, and Ex Dr Jacob Y. Terner Collection (by private treaty to the Millennia Collection).
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| Realized $23,000 |
