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Auction: 16019 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 1, Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins
Lot: 252

Cnut (1016-35), Halfpenny, 0.43g, Quatrefoil type, Langport, Aelfsige, ORV+CNV, crowned bust left within quatrefoil, rev. GO LAGP, long cross voided on quatrefoil with pellet at apex of each cusp, each limb terminating in three crescents (N781; S1157), toned, good very fine, very rare, the mint signature clear.

PROVENANCE:
W J Conte, Baldwin 13, 28 May 1997, lot 1583

The obverse is die linked to Ilchester (Hildebrand 881). A rare mint with less than a dozen coins of all types available to commerce.

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Sold for
£350