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Auction: 22005 - British and World Coins - Spring Auction
Lot: 37

Aethelred II (978-1016), 'Long Cross' Type, Penny, 997-1003, Shaftesbury, Ælfwine, draped bust left, rev. + ÆLFPINE MO SCEFT, voided long cross, angles plain, 1.75g, 7h (BEH 'Type D'; North 774; BMC IVa; Spink 1151), crimped and buckled, the patination suggestive of fire exposure, traces of pecking, otherwise uniformly struck, a bolder very fine, rare

Provenance
Seaby, by private treaty - £22.10.0
Dr Burstal, Glendining, 15 May 1968, lot 18 [part] - bent, fine - [with his ticket, stating:]
Duke of Argyll, collection purchased en bloc by Spink, 1949 [with his ticket, stating:]
Spink, by private treaty - £1.0.0 [Not in BMC]

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Sold for
£450

Starting price
£220