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Auction: 14006 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 104

Aethelred II (978-1016), Penny, 1.45g, Crux type, Cambridge, Edric, bust left, sceptre before, rev. +edric m¯o grant, voided short cross within inner circles, a letter of crvx in each angle, pellet in each quarter (SCMB 1984, p.39 Pl I/5 this coin; N.770 var; S.1148 var), peck across bust and on reverse, light crimping, superb deep and irridescent tone, very fine

provenance
K. A. Jacob, Baldwin's auction 7, 2 May 1996, lot 410
(Jacob's ticket included)
Tadgell collection purchased by Baldwin's, 1957
W. C. Tadgell collection, proprietor of the Northern Hotel, Cambridge
R. Carlyon-Britton collection, dispersed by Seaby from 1949
E.H. Wheeler, Sotheby, 12 March 1930, lot 56

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Sold for
£550