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Auction: 18011 - The Williams Collection of Anglo-Saxon, Viking and Norman Coins - Part I
Lot: 52

(x) Wessex, Aethelberht (858-865/6), Penny, 1.10g, 6h, Floriated Cross type, Canterbury, Torthmund, + aeÐelbearht rex, legend begins at 7 o'clock, ht ligate, diademed and draped bust right breaking beaded inner circle, rev. + torhtmvnd moneta around beaded inner circle containing cross fleury with leaf shaped wedges in angles (Naismith C217.c this coin: N.621: S.1054), edge chip at 9 o'clock, otherwise extremely fine, very rare

provenance:
Lawrence Stack, Sotheby, 22 April 1999, lot 407
Spink Numismatic Circular, November 1989, no. 5908
Dupree, collection dispersed through Spink during 1980s
Duke of Argyll, collection purchased by Spink, 1949
Grantley, part III, Glendining, 22-23 March 1944, lot 991, illustrated
Montagu, part I, Sotheby, 18-23 November 1895, lot 503,£9 to Rollin & Feuardent
Addington, collection purchased by Montagu in 1883
Bergne, Sotheby, 20-30 May 1873, lot 147
Murchison, Sotheby, 28-30 May 1866, lot 166
Dymock, Sotheby, 1-4 June 1858, lot 112 £9 to Cureton
Cuff, Sotheby, 8 June - 5 July 1854, lot 444, £7 to Cureton (for Dymock)

It is interesting to note that Lord Grantley had thirteen coins of Aethelberht. At his sale the other twelve were lotted in pairs and the coins fetched on average between one and two pounds each. This coin, the only one offered individually, was illustrated, and sold for £35.

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Sold for
£8,000