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Auction: 12009 - The Magnus Collection, Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 315

Aethelred II, Penny, 1.22g, second hand type, Norwich, Brantinc (reading Forantinc), diademed bust right, sceptre before, rev. +forantinc m-o norþi, Hand of Providence, with curve each side of sleeve, dividing Alpha and Omega, each with a pellet below (N.768; S.1146), perforations, an unusual moneyer signature, nearly very fine / good fine, rare Estimate £ 180-230 19 examples recorded for this type for this mint. provenance Found at Lakenheath, Suffolk, 1987 BNJ 57 (1987), Coin Register no.131 and Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, EMC 1987.0131

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