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Auction: 18011 - The Williams Collection of Anglo-Saxon, Viking and Norman Coins - Part I
Lot: 89

(x) Cnut (1016-35), Penny, 1.10g, 3h, Short Cross type variety with flag, London, Brihtred, + cnvtr - recx, diademed and draped bust left, breaking legend, with flag in place of sceptre, rev. + brihtred on lvn, voided short cross, pellet in annulet in centre, within solid inner circle (N.791; 1159A), flan slightly creased but very fine, extremely rare, Mark Blackburn recorded four examples in museums, and perhaps there are two including this one in private hands

provenance:
Baldwin auction 23, 3 May 2000, lot 832
A European hoard, sometimes refered to as a 'German' hoard

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