Description
Eadgar (959-975), Penny, Two-line type, pre-reform (959-72/3) moneyer Ive, small cross pattée legend surrounding, +EΛDG•Λ•R REX, two crescents after RE. Rev, three cross pattées across centre, moneyer name in two lines, trio of pellets above and below, IVEN/ONET, 1.09g (S.1129; N.741 HT NE V; CTCE. 59; SCBI 6 [Edinburgh], 463).
Dark toning with a slightly off centre strike, few deposits, legends all legible with a little porosity. Good very fine.
Ex Sir John Hanham collection, with an old Baldwin’s ticket putting forward the client code
