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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 217

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Æthelred II "Unræd" (978-1016), 'First Hand' Type, Penny, c. 979-985, London, Wulfric, + ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLORx, diademed and draped bust right, rev. + PVFLRIC M-O LVD• [sic], hand, dividing alpha and omega, 1.38g, 6h (SCBI 7 [Copenhagen], 952 [reads PVFRIC M-O LVD•]; North 766; BMC IIa; Spink 1144), light porosity and die clashing, the portrait softly struck, otherwise the legends clear, toned, the centre scarcely fine, the peripheries very fine, an interesting mint spelling error

Provenance

T Mathews, by private treaty, 1985 - £140

Probably:

Stack's Bowers Auction, 17 April 1975, lot 1486 - "the bust is somewhat weak, otherwise, a nice fine

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Sold for
£220

Starting price
£100