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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 156

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Wessex, Æthelberht (858-865), 'Inscribed Cross' Type, Penny, Rochester [?] or Canterbury dies, Herebeald, + ÆÐELBEARHT RE[X], bust right, trefoil before, rev. + HEREBE-ALD MO | N | E | T | A in angles, [Spink XRF: 65.80% Cu; 27.02% Ag; 2.90% Sn; 1.96% Os; 0.62% Zn; 0.51% Ir; 0.464%; 0.385% Pb; 0.13% Ga], 0.82g [12.65grns], 7h (Naismith C187 [Canterbury], unlisted [5 Recorded]; SCBI 4 [Copenhagen], 663 var.; SCBI 67 [BM], 1269 var. [Dorking Hoard]; North 620; BMC I; Spink 1053), a large fragment with chips between 4 and 6 o'clock and ragged to edges, otherwise a uniform striking, fine, very rare

Provenance

T Mathews, by private treaty, 1989 - £45

Possibly:

Glendining, 24 November 1971, lots 145 and 146 (part) - "Aethelwulf, Fragments of Pennies, (3) and (4)"

~ Interpreted by Naismith to be a parcel from the Dorking Hoard ~


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