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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 155

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Wessex, Æthelwulf (839-858), 'Doribi/Cant' Type, Phase III, Penny, Canterbury, Hunbeorht, + EÐELVVL•F REX, commencing at 3 o'clock, DOR-B- monogram at centre, rev. + NVNBEANT NONET, H and M as Ns, NE ligate, CANT monogram at centre, [Spink XRF: 76.85% Ag; 14.27% Cu; 3.78% Zn; 2.41% Os; 0.83% Pb; 0.71% Ir; 0.66% Au; 0.48% Fe], 1.02g [15.74grns], 9h (Naismith C129.2c this coin; cf. Dolley 17; SCBI 67 [BM], 1198 [Sevington], and 1199 [Dorking]; North 616; BMC I [Coll. no. 10]; Spink 1049), faint hairline crack radiating inner circle and edge chip running from 2 o'clock, with darkening to recesses, otherwise about very fine, the variety especially rare given the correct transposition of the central monograms, with only three recorded by Naismith

Provenance

T Mathews, by private treaty, 1999 - £450 [with his FPL ticket, ref. A40]

Dr Brian Bird, Glendining, 20 November 1974, lot 87* - "cracked on inner circle, fine but rare"

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Sold for
£1,200

Starting price
£150