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Auction: 22005 - British and World Coins - Spring Auction
Lot: 21

Aethelred II (978-1016), 'Crux' Type, Penny, 991-997, Dorchester, Wulfnoth, draped bust left, trefoil-tipped sceptre before, rev. + PVLFNOÐ M-O DOR, voided short cross, C R V X in angles commencing in second quarter, 1.53g, 3h (BEH 436 ['Type C']; North 770; BMC IIIa; Spink 1148), edge split at 12 o'clock and stress crease abross bust, otherwise pastille-like tone, a bolder fine, very rare with a sound pedigree

Provenance
Dr Burstal, Glendining, 15 May 1968, lot 12 edge cut, fine [part] - £39.0.0
Duke of Argyll, collection purchased en bloc by Spink, 1949 [with his ticket, stating:]
Major P W P Carlyon-Britton, First Portion, Sotheby's, 17-21 November 1913, lot 502 [part] - ...'an exceedingly rare mint'... - £1.18.0 [Spink]
E W Rashleigh, Sotheby's, 21-25 June, 28 June - 1 July 1909, lot 284 [part] - all fine...the first a rare mint under this reign - £1.11.0 [Spink for PWP]


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Sold for
£750

Starting price
£180