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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 216

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Æthelred II "Unræd" (978-1016), Standard 'Crux' Type, Penny, c. 991-997, London, Wulfgar, + ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLORx, single-folded, draped bust left, trefoil-tipped 'thick' sceptre before, rev. + PVLFGAR ' M-O LVND, voided short cross, C R V X in angles, commencing in second quarter, 1.43g [22.07grns], 6h (Hildebrand 2961 [Type C]; SCBI 7 [Copenhagen], 953; North 770; BMC IIIa; Spink 1148), with areas of horn silver from hoard deposition, otherwise a delightfully full round specimen, residually lustrous and uniformly struck-up, a pleasingly good very fine, a seemingly very rare type for this moneyer also known with additional pellets in quarters

Provenance

T Mathews, by private treaty, 1983 - £105


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Sold for
£220

Starting price
£100