Dix Noonan Webb to offer important gold penny discovered in Wiltshire
The Gold Penny, or Mancus of 30 Pence, was discovered by a metal detectorist at West Dean, on the Wiltshire/Hampshire border, in March 2020, and is unique.
LONDON
.- A highly important gold Penny of Ecgberht, King of the West Saxons (802-839) is expected to fetch £150,000-200,000 when it is offered in a sale of Coins and Historical Medals on Tuesday, September 7 & Wednesday, September 8, 2021 at international coins, medals, banknotes and jewellery specialists Dix Noonan Webb. This is the only late Anglo-Saxon gold coin in private hands; the other eight specimens are in institutions (the British Museum having seven and another being in Lausanne).
A GOLD penny of Ecgberht, King of the West Saxons (802-839), discovered in West Dean is expected to fetch £150,000 to £200,000 when it goes under the hammer at auction. It is featured in a sale of coins and historical medals on September 7 and 8 at international coins, medals, banknotes and jewellery specialists Dix Noonan Webb. The coin is understood to be the only late Anglo-Saxon gold coin in private hands; the other eight specimens are in institutions - the British Museum having seven and another being in Lausanne. PICTURES: Dix Noonan Webb The gold penny, or Mancus of 30 Pence, was discovered by a metal detectorist in West Dean in March 2020.