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Auction: 16019 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 1, Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins
Lot: 260

Cnut (1016-35), Penny, 0.93g, Pointed Helmet type, Torksey, Thorcetel, bust left wearing pointed helmet, in front, sceptre, rev. +ĐORCETL ON TOR, short cross voided, limbs united at base by two circles; in centre, a pellet; in each angle a broken annulet enclosing a pellet (N787; S1158), struck from rusted dies, obverse lamination, otherwise nearly very fine, extremely rare.

PROVENANCE:
Polish Hoard, Glendining 14 March 1973, lot 64 (the reverse illustrated as lot 65 in the catalogue)
E M H Norweb, Spink 59, 17 June 1987, lot 1236
P Spink collection, bt 1994
W J Conte, CNG Triton VI, 15 January 2003, lot 1381

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