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

Archbishops of Canterbury, Plegmund (890-914), Penny, Class II, Wilric, plegmvnd arehiep around small cross pattée, rev. vvilr · ic m¯on divided by three crosses pattée, trefoil of pellets above and below, 1.69g/2h (O’Donovan 22, this coin; CTCE P8 (c), this coin; N 256; S 900). Obverse legend partly weak, otherwise good very fine and attractively toned, rare £2,000-2,600

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

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Provenance: ‘Vatican’ Hoard, c. 1928; Glendining Auction, 13 November 1930, lot 12; Duke of Argyll Collection; bt Spink January 1968