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Auction: 12009 - The Magnus Collection, Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 319

Aethelred II, Penny, 1.75g, Crux type, Bath, Aethelsige, draped bust left, sceptre before, rev. +aeðelsige m-o bað, voided short cross, a letter of crvx in angles (N.770; S.1148), creased, edge cuts at three o´clock, split at 12 o´clock, fine, rare Estimate £ 100-130 Eight examples recorded for this type for this mint. The cuts in this coin are from a contemporary attempt to cut this coin into a halfpenny or farthing. provenance Pheat, DNW, 21 March 1995, lot 500 G.V. Doubleday, Glendining, 6 October 1987, lot 24 (part)

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