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Auction: 18011 - The Williams Collection of Anglo-Saxon, Viking and Norman Coins - Part I
Lot: 40

(x) Mercia, Coelwulf II (874-879?), Penny, 1.49g, 11h, London, Liofwald, ciolvvl - f rex:·, diademed and draped bust right, rev. liof / va / ldm / onet, the ne ligate, in arms of long beaded cross with lozenge centre containing smaller cross (BNJ 63, pl.VIII.7 (same dies); N.429; S.944), metal flaw on neck, good extremely fine, extremely rare

provenance:
Spink auction 119, 4 March 1997, lot 80
'Recently found in Buckinghamshire'

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Sold for
£16,000

Sale 18011 Notices
Coelwulf II Penny- the flaw on the neck is not a metal flaw (the metal is very good) but is caused in the strike, perhaps an obstruction on or occlusion in the die, causing the depression on the king's neck. The estimate should be £7,000-9,000