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Auction: 18012 - The Williams Collection Part II, Anglo-Saxon and Viking Coins
Lot: 308

(x) Denmark, Harthacnut (1035-1042), Penny, 1.05g, Lund mint, Sumerled, +harÐecnvt rex, armoured bust left, rev. +sv/me/rle/d on, voided long cross, crescents at limb ends (Becker H2/184; S.1170), the obverse from a slightly rusted die, extremely fine and very rare. Rud. p. D, n. 42, engraved from this coin

provenance:
Davisson's auction 18, 21 November 2002, lot 228
Maish, Sotheby, 25-27 March 1918, lot 58, £3.6/-
Webb, Sotheby, 25-27 July 1895, lot 35, £3.3/-
Lake Price, Sotheby, 27 May 1880, lot 43, £5.7/6
Murchison, Sotheby, 28-30 May 1866, lot 328, £7.7/6
Cuff, Sotheby, 8 June-4 July 1854, lot 593, £6.8/-

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