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Auction: 22005 - British and World Coins - Spring Auction
Lot: 42

Cnut (1016-1035/36), 'Short Cross' Type, Penny, 1030-1035/36, Shaftesbury, Æthelric, crowned, draped and cuirassed bust left, lys-tipped sceptre before, rev. + ÆLRIC ON SCEFTE : voided short cross, pellet-in-annulet at centre, 6h (BEH, Type H; SCBI 42, 1097 same dies>; North 790; BMC XVI; Spink 1159), a softness of strike to reverse 12 to 2 o'clock, otherwise handsomely cabinet toned, further accentuated by original mint lustre in recesses, a trace of pecking, otherwise a handsomely bold very fine, rare

Provenance
Dr Burstal, Glendining, 15 May 1968, lot 23 [part] ...very fine and rare'... - £42.10.0 [with his ticket, stating:]
Duke of Argyll, collection purchased en bloc by Spink, 1949 [with his ticket, stating:]
Spink, by private treaty - £0.10.0



Same dies as the Walbrook (Queen Victoria Street) Hoard, no. 1097


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Sold for
£550

Starting price
£300