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Auction: 20055 - The Ennismore Collection of Anglo-Saxon and Viking Coins
Lot: 31

Harthacnut, Sole Reign (1040-42), Penny, 'Arm-and-Sceptre' type, Huntingdon, Wulfwine, 1.00g, 6h, +HAR:ÐA CNV, NV ligate, legend commencing at 12 o'clock, diademed bust left, lis-tipped sceptre before, rev. +Þ.VIIÞINE ON HVNTA, pellet-tipped quadrilobe over voided short cross (Eaglen 245/-, same obverse die/reverse die not recorded; N.811; Spink 1168), bright and lustrous surfaces, otherwise beautifully struck up, much as issued, very rare with only seven coins recorded by Eaglen inscribed in Harthacnut's full name

Provenance
Acquired by private treaty from Bennett
From a 'Collection in the North', 2015



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£5,500

Starting price
£3000