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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 220

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Æthelred II "Unræd" (978-1016), Standard 'Crux' Type, Penny, c. 991-997, Norwich, Manning, + ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLORx, single-folded, draped bust left, trefoil-tipped 'thick' sceptre before, rev. MANINC M-O NORÐPI, voided short cross, C R V X in angles, commencing in second quarter, 1.538g [23.73grns], 12h (Hildebrand 3173 [Type C]; "On Saxon Coins struck at Norwich, with the Moneyer's Name of Manning", Rev. Canon C. R. Manning, M.A., F.S.A, [Norwich Archaeological Society, 1898], pp. 93-99 and Pl. 1, no. 2 same dies; SCBI 1 [Fitzwilliam], 671; North 770; BMC IIIa; Spink 1148), die softness to high points, otherwise rich dark cabinet tone, almost very fine, scarce

Provenance

T Mathews, by private treaty, 1994 - £120

Possibly:

G V Doubleday, Glendining, 6 October 1987, lot 370 - "almost very fine", albeit, weight stated as '25.1grns'

Duke of Argyll, collection purchased en bloc by Spink, 1949

Probably:

Glendining, 27 November 1945, lot 89 [part] - £3.3.0


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Sold for
£270

Starting price
£120