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Auction: 12009 - The Magnus Collection, Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 300

Aethelred II, Penny, 1.55g, first hand type, Rochester, Sidewine, draped, diademed bust right, rev. +sideþine m-o rof:., Hand of Providence dividing Alpha and Omega (cf. SCBI 25/8; N.766; S.1144), struck from rusty dies, about very fine, scarce Estimate £ 300-400 20 examples recorded for of this type for this mint. provenance Bt. Spink, March 1986 G.V. Doubleday, Glendining, 6 October 1986, lot 426 - with Doubleday ticket Sonia Carr, Sotheby, 3 December 1956, lot 106 (part)

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