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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 190

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Æthelred II "Unræd" (978-1016), 'Last Small Cross' Type, Penny, c. 1009-1017, Hertford, Wulfric, + ÆDEL•RÆD REX ANG• diademed and draped bust left, rev. + PVLFRIC ON HEOR, small cross pattée, 1.32g [20.37grns], 9h (Hildebrand -; Glendining, 17 July 1957, lot 220a; North 777; BMC I; Spink 1154), bright and on a slightly concaved flan, otherwise handsomely struck and pleasingly uniform, a really bold very fine, of the highest rarity

Provenance

T Mathews, by private treaty, 1994 - £560




Wulfric is known as a moneyer for the early Quatrefoil coinage of Cnut, but is seldom if ever encountered from the reign of his predecessor. Indeed no example is recorded outside the Crux issues for Hildebrand, and only one specimen described as 'pierced' appeared at Glendining's July 1957 sale. There was no comparable specimen for this moneyer and type in the Griffiths (2003), Fish (1990) or Elmore-Jones (1971) dispersals.

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Sold for
£800

Starting price
£200