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Auction: 11024 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 4

Kent, Baldred (c.823-25), Penny, 1.11g, Canterbury, Tidbearht, diademed bust right, +baldred rex cant, rev. +tidbearht monet around drvr/cits within inner circle, bar above and below (cf. Naismith C65.1 - this coin, not listed in Naismith, C65.1a, same obverse die, different reverse die; N.220; S.879), chipped between 4 and 6 o´clock, nearly very fine, extremely rare Estimate £ 2,000-2,500 Tidbearht struck coins for Coenwulf and later Ecgberht, but is not known for Ceolwulf I or Archiepiscopal issues. Naismith lists him for a single coin for this type for Baldred for whom he struck a number of other types, of which the next lot is an example provenance Bt. Spink, 2008

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£1,500