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Auction: 15005 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 321

Wessex, Aethelwulf (839-858), Penny, 1.23g, Dorb/Cant Phase, c.849-c.54, Canterbury mint, Hunbearht, Dorb monogram flanked by pellets, all within inner circle, +eÐelvvlf rex around, rev. +hvnbeaht monet around inner circle, note legend commences at 3 o' clock, dor¯b¯ monogram within (Naismith C129.1e - this coin; N.616; S.1049), weakly struck in the centres, light general wear, old tone, very fine

provenance:
Bt. Spink, December 1974, £400 (ticket by Patrick Finn)
SNC, September 1974, No.7156 (illustrated), £600
SNC, April 1972, No.4010 (illustrated), £250
Purchased by Baldwin's at the Lockett sale
R. C. Lockett, Pt. X (English Pt. IV), Glendining, 26-27 April 1960, lot 3620 (illustrated), £25 (Lockett ticket included)
H. O. O' Hagan, Sotheby, 16-20 December 1907, lot 318, £2,10s
'Gentleman', Sotheby, 21 December 1895, lot 113

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Sold for
£1,300