Coins, Historical Medals and Antiquities

Kings of Wessex, Ecgberht (802-39), non-Portrait type, West Saxon mint, Winchester or Southampton (?), Ifa, ecgbeorht rex, saxon in field, rev, iva moneta around cross, 1.37g/12h (Naismith W8.1 var. [spelling of moneyer’s name]; SCBI BM –; N 589; S 1041). Struck from a worn obverse die and with trifling surface porosity, otherwise very fine, full and round and very rare £3,000-£3,600

Found near Benniworth, Lincolnshire, September 2022 (EMC 2022.0311)