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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 141

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Mercia, Coenwulf (796-821), Group I, 'Tribrach' Type, Penny, 796-798, London, Eama, + CO'ENVVL'F REX, commencing at 6 o'clock, uncial m with bar above, rev. E.A | •M• | •A• between arms of tribrach moline, centre beaded, [Spink XRF: 97.68% Ag; 1.68% Cu; 0.638% Pb], 1.05g [16.20grns], 12h (Naismith L10 unlisted; EMC 2001.0540; North 342; Spink 914), very light pitting to surfaces and roughness to edges, otherwise a pleasing and uniform strike, very fine, extremely rare, with only one example listed on EMC, and that and one other known to Naismith in the Fitzwilliam

Provenance

'JC', by private treaty, 1988 - £460

~ An evident recent metal detecting discovery at the time of purchase, for which alas no trace of a findspot has been traced ~

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