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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 163

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Æthelstan (924-939), 'Horizontal' Type, Penny, North Eastern Mints, Ingalbert, +ÆÐELSTAN REX, small cross pattée, rev. EGLBA | RET MO, in two lines, divided by three cross pattées, trefoil of pellets above and below, [Spink XRF: 82.28% Ag; 15.53% Cu; 0.95% Zn; 0.694% Pb; 0.549% Au], 1.49g [22.99grns], 3h (cf. CEB 391; EMC 1999.0002; North 668b; Spink 1089), struck with rusty dies with resultant softness in parts, otherwise on a pleasing round flan, of good metal, lightly toned, a bolder fine, only a second fragmented specimen traced on EMC, presumably an extremely rare moneyer for issue thus

Provenance

T Mathews, by private treaty, 1998 - £360

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£480

Starting price
£130