191: Great Britain. Kings of Mercia. AR Penny, ND ( Ea - eBay (item 320247626891 end time May-26-08 13:23:59 PDT) Back to My eBayCatalog:The Pre Long Beach Sale - World Sale eBay Live Auctions:Coins > World Coins > Live Auction Seller eBay:Coins & Paper Money > Coins: World > Europe > UK (Great Britain) > Other 191: Great Britain. Kings of Mercia. AR Penny, ND ( EaItem number: 320247626891 Bidder or seller of this item? Sign in for your status Bidding has ended for this item This item has been added to My eBay for Guests. As a guest, you can: Track up to 10 items on this computer in My eBay Receive an email reminder for this item a few hours before it ends View larger picture Closed at:US $16,500.00 Estimate:US $15,000.00 - US $17,000.00 History:4 bids Lot number:191 (View all lots) Auction Date:May-26-08 10:00:00 PDT Auction Currency:US $ (U.S. dollar) Currency Calculator High Bid:Live Auction Floor Bidder Item location:Beverly Hills, CA 0% APR until Jan 2009 - new eBay MasterCard You can also: Email to a friend Meet the seller Seller:i-lgoldbergcoinsandcollectibles( 2237) Feedback:99.4 % Positive Member:since May-09-01 in United States See detailed feedback Ask seller a question Add to Favorite Sellers View seller's other items Buy safely 1. Check the seller's reputation Score: 2237 | 99.4% Positive See detailed feedback 2. Check how you're protected If paying with a credit card, see your card issuer's terms Description (revised) Prev LotNext Lot Hover thumbnail to view large image below. Click thumbnail to view full image in new window. Great Britain. Kings of Mercia. AR Penny, ND (East Anglian mint). Cf. North-397; cf. S-930. 1.32 grams. Beornwulf, 823-825 AD. Crude Profile Portrait type. Diademed draped bust right (the portrait highly schematic and debased); PEORVULF REX around (more than half of the inscription upside-down and reverted). Reverse: + EADGAR in two lines, divided by two single arms of a cross Moline, with central "infinity-like" emblem and flanking double pellets in between. For the issue a fine, sharp strike, on excellent metal, and on a full flan. Light to medium dark russet toning on obverse; the reverse a matte neutral gray with occasional bright silver. Considerable mint luster evident. Excessively Rare, apparently unpublished. Important! NGC graded AU-55. A discovery piece! Likely patterned after a slightly earlier penny of the Mercian king Coelwulf I (821-823 AD.), as per S-921, and North-387 (Canterbury mint), with the lettering of Eadgar similar to that of North-393 (East Anglian mint). The coin was reputedly found by a metal detectorist in East Anglia in 2001. It was reported to the authorities, who declared it treasure trove and available for purchase. The Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge was eager to acquire the coin, but could not raise the purchase funds. Estimated Value $15,000 - 17,000. Ex Dr Jacob Y. Terner Collection (by private treaty to the Millennia Collection). Our item number 115824 Notices This item is an "eBay Live Auction". This means that each item will not close at a specific time like a regular ebay auction. Because this is a live auction the lot will be opened in a format like a real auction house floor. Bids can be placed real-time during the auction via ebayliveauctions.com and icollector.com. Please note, bidders may place bids before the auction up to 1 hour prior to the start of the auction. This is the recommended method of bidding if you have a slow internet connection or do not have the experience bidding in a "live" sale. Due to the speed of the auction, we highy recommend a DSL or cable connection . Once the auction has started, only live bids are accepted. Please do not call to place bids during the auction as they will not be accepted. The "Auction date and time" displayed by ebay has been known to be wrong. Please check our auction information page for actual start times on ebayliveauctions.com. These start times pertain to when the auction opens, not the individual lot. We typically run approximately 150 items per hour, so you can estimate from that when your item may be displayed. We will not be held responsible for ebay down time or internet problems. If ebay goes down, we will try our best to wait a sufficient amount of time for it to come back up. In the event that we cannot require ebay, all ebay bids during that downtime will not be honoured. There is a 20% commission charge added to each and every lot. Images & text re-used by permission, courtesy of Ira & Larry Goldberg Auctioneers, Beverly Hills, CA