Coins and Historical Medals

Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Kings of Dumnonia, cast Potin, c. 420-60, diademed and bearded head left, …vi (?) in front, rev. standing figure holding curved staff in right hand and uncertain object in left, chamfered rim, 6.80/1h (cf. Mitchener I, p.71, 83-4). Very fine but some corrosion, rare £120-£150

Provenance: T. Hansen Collection, DNW Auction A11, 27 September 2011, lot 2788