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Auction: 15005 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 326

Viking Kingdom of York, Cnut (c.900-905), Penny, 1.29g, Mirabilia Fecit type, patriarchal cross, +cnvt rex at limbs of cross and in angles, rev. +mirabila fecit, small cross pattée, a pellet in two angles (Lyon & Stewart type VIc; N.511; S.998), slightly irregular flan but full and with smooth surfaces, deeply toned and a good strike, good very fine or better

provenance:
Bt. Spink, January 1975, £260 (ticket by May Sinclair)
Probably Cuerdale hoard, discovered 15 May 1840


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