ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Eadgar. 959-975. AR Penny (21mm, 1.43 g, 5h). Circumscription Cross (CC) type (BMC iii). York mint; Fastulfr, moneyer. Struck circa 964/5-971. + EADGAR REX, small cross pattée / + FASTOLF (double triangle stop) HON :, small cross pattée. CTCE 295; cf. SCBI 34 (BM), 1124 (for similar); North 748; SCBC 1134 . Toned, obverse double struck, minor ghosting, short flan crack. Good VF.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular LXXXIV.6 (June 1976), no. 4699. Reportedly an Ashmolean duplicate from an unidentified collection deposited at the museum circa 1942 and never claimed.
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