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

Archbishops of Canterbury, Wulfred (805-32), Penny, Gp II, Canterbury, Sæbeorht, vvlfred archiepiscopi around facing tonsured bust flanked by single pellet, rev. saeberht moneta around Dorobernia Civitas monogram, 1.18g/6h (Naismith C46.1g, h, i and j, same dies; BLS 3; N 240; S 888). Cracked and chipped, otherwise about very fine, rare £800-1,000

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

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Provenance: Freeman & Sear Auction 8 (Long Beach), 5 February 2003, lot 557, and believed to be a then recently-discovered metal detector find