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Auction: 16019 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 1, Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins
Lot: 255

Cnut (1016-35), Penny, 1.06g, Quatrefoil type, Malmesbury, Brihtstan, diademed bust left within quatrefoil, rev. +BRICSTA[ ]N MEA, long cross voided on quatrefoil with pellet at apex of each cusp, each limb terminating in three crescents (N785; S1157 var), chipped and cracked, otherwise good fine, an extremely rare variety from a very rare mint.

PROVENANCE:
Bt Baldwin January 2001

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