H4239 - Eadgar (959-975), Penny, 1.19g., Two-line type, Group HT NE V, moneyer Man


	H4239 - Eadgar (959-975), Penny, 1.19g., Two-line type, Group HT NE V, moneyer Man, +EADGAR REX˘, around inner circle with a cross within, rev., MANAN MO in two lines divided by + + +, trefoil of pellets above and below, (N.741; S.1129), edge frayed, very fine, toned. $795 SOLD Provenance: Ex Tetney Hoard (Lincolnshire, England), discovered May 1945. A.H. Baldwin ticket in the hand of Albert Henry Frederick Baldwin (1889-1970).
	The Tetney hoard deposited c. A.D. 963 was discovered at the village of Tetney in North East Lincolnshire in May 1945. It consisted of 394 pennies of Eadred, Eadwig, Eadgar and the Viking Kingdom of York contained in a chalk container. Textile fragments (adhering to a few coins) and two silver hooks indicate that the hoard was also buried inside a cloth bag or purse. The hoard was examined and recorded by the British Museum, who retained a number of coins, the rest being made available to collectors. Walker, John. 'A hoard of Anglo-Saxon coins from Tetney, Lincolnshire'. Numismatic Chronicle, 6th ser., 5:3-4 (1947 for 1945), 81-95. Publisher: Royal Numismatic Society.