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Auction: 18011 - The Williams Collection of Anglo-Saxon, Viking and Norman Coins - Part I
Lot: 7

(x) Kent, anonymous coinage, regal issues (c.822-23), Penny, 1.30g, 3h, Canterbury, Oba, diademed and draped bust right within solid inner circle from which extend three arms each in the form of a Latin cross dividing the legend, oba-mon-eta, uncial m, rev. dorob/ernia c/ivita/s in four lines, small cross pattée above (cf. Naismith C53 - this coin not listed; N.222; S.878), small edge chip at 10 o'clock and a small surface crack on the reverse, crimped, lightly toned, good very fine, extremely rare

provenance:
'A collection of Coins of the Canterbury Mint, the Property of a Gentleman, Spink auction 211, 13 December 2011, lot 2
Purchased from Spink in 2007

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Estimate
£3,000 to £4,000