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Auction: 18006 - Ancient, Indian and Islamic, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 1572

Wessex, Alfred the Great (871-99), Penny, non-portrait type, Mercian dies, Cuthberht 1.06g, +el-fre-dre, short cross, rev. cvdb/ernt retrograde in two lines, a pellet and trefoils between (N.638; BMC XIV; S.1067), trace of obverse ghosting onto reverse design and edge loss between 4 and 8 o'clock, otherwise a bold very fine

provenance
Purchased Baldwin, £10.10.0 (with ticket in hand of Fred Baldwin)
Lord Grantley III, 22-23 March 1944, lot 1014 (part) - £5
H. J. Montagu, 18-22 November 1895, lot 568 (part) - £1 - "cvdberht (retrograde)"

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Sold for
£850