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Auction: 18011 - The Williams Collection of Anglo-Saxon, Viking and Norman Coins - Part I
Lot: 37

(x) Mercia, Berhtwulf (840-852), Penny, 1.17g, 12h, London, Deneheah, + berhtylf rex, legend begins at 7 o'clock, diademed and draped bust right breaking inner circle, rev. + deneheah, around circle containing cross with two limbs crosslet and two limbs moline (Booth 26; Naismith L35.1g this coin; cf. BMC 125 same dies; N.408; S.935), small split on edge at 1 o'clock, extremely fine, very rare

provenance:
Linzalone, Stack's, 7 December 1994, lot 2338
Mack, SCBI 20, no. 603, with his ticket
Ryan, Glendining, 22-24 January 1952, lot 646,
Walters, Sotheby, 26-30 May 1913, lot 29
Rashleigh, Sotheby, 21 June - 1 July 1909, lot 60
From the Trewhiddle, Cornwall, hoard, found 8 November 1774


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