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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 181

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Æthelred II "Unræd" (978-1016), 'Long Cross' Type, Penny, c. 997-1003, Dover, Godwine, + ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGL• draped bust left, rev. + GODPINE M'O DOF[E], voided long cross, pellet at centre, 1.51g [23.30grns], 6h (Hildebrand 412-413 [Type D]; SCBI 9 [Ashmolean], 518; scbi 25 [Helsinki], 186-187; SCBI 65 [Norway], 564; North 774; BMC IVa; Spink 1151), stress fracture at 5 o'clock and heavily peck-marked to reverse, otherwise with a rich cabinet tone, struck details nearing very fine, scarce

Provenance

T Mathews, by private treaty, 1983

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