Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1465. Estimate $200.
Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.
Sold For $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Northumbria. Osberht. 849/50-867. Æ Styca (1.06 g, 3h). Phase II, group Dii. York mint; Monne, moneyer. +OSBRLHT RCX (partially retrograde), crude Chi-Rho / +MON
NE, pellet. Pirie 2203 (same dies); North 191; SCBC 869. Good VF. Nice surfaces.
From the Beowulf Collection.
Although Pirie lists this coin among the irregular issues, its reverse die is linked to an official issue of Osberht (Pirie 1732).
