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Auction: 19006 - British, Indian and Islamic Coins: Autumn Auction
Lot: 207

Cnut (1016-35), Penny, Helmet type, York, Frithkollr, 0.96g, 1h, + •cnvt r|ex an:, legend starts at 12 o'clock, draped bust left wearing pointed helmet, sceptre before, rev. + friðcol m-o eofr, voided long cross over double-annulet, pelleted-annulets in angles (Portrait N. IV. fig. 6; SCBI 13 (Copenhagen) 649/651 same dies; Hildebrand type G; BMC XIV; N.787; S.1158), toned, very fine

Provenance
Bearnes (Hampton and Littlewood), Auctioneers, Exeter, 2003


The general appearance of this piece is consistent with that expected of old hoard find. Interestingly the Halton Moor (Lancaster) find of 1815 records eleven examples of Frithkollr with this reverse mint signature (eofr), although Taylor Combe who documented the hoard noted that only half were available for study, the remainder having already been dispersed amongst the local populus at the time.

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Sold for
£270

Starting price
£130