The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins formed by Marvin Lessen Part I

Kings of Northumbria, Æthelred II (First reign), Stycas (6), Leofthegn (5), leofdegn, 1.18g/6h (Pirie S2/1; SCBI Lyon 249, same obv. die; N 188; S 865), leofdcn, 1.12g/9h (Pirie S2/1 Maltese; SCBI Lyon 249, same obv. die; N 188; S 865), leofdeon, 1.09g/3h (Pirie 2/7a; SCBI Fitzwilliam 320 and Hunterian 211, same obv. die; N 188; S 865), leofjejn, 1.13g/3h (Pirie 2/6p; SCBI Fitzwilliam 318-19, same obv. die; N 188; S 865), leofdejn, 1.18g/12h (Pirie S3/1; N 188; S 865); Monne, monne, 1.20g/7h (Pirie 2/2; N 188; S 865) [6]. Fine to very fine, but second with some surface verdigris £90-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins.

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Provenance: First and fifth Bolton Percy (Northumberland) Hoard, 1967, Sotheby Auction, 23 June 1971, lot 52 (part) [nos. 498 and 501]; second Sotheby Auction, 13 November 1967, lot 60; third bt Spink 1970; fourth SNC October 1970 (11203); last C.H. Dakers Collection, Glendining Auction, 8-9 October 1946, lot 2 (part), CNG eAuction 266, 19 October 2011 (522)