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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 225

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Æthelred II "Unræd" (978-1016), Standard 'Crux' Type, Penny, c. 991-997, Southwark, Beorhtric, + ÆDELRÆD REX ANGLOx, single-folded, draped bust left, trefoil-tipped 'thick' sceptre before, rev. + BYRHTRIC M-O SVÐG, voided short cross, C R V X in angles, commencing in second quarter, 1.38g [21.30grns], 4h (Hildebrand 3648 [Type C]; SCBI 7 [Copenhagen], 1188 ['ZVDG']; SCBI 25 [Helsinki], 107 [Halfpenny]; FEJ 762 same dies; SCBI 42 [South-Eastern], 860; North 770; BMC IIIa; Spink 1148), surfaces crimped and struck with rust dies, otherwise on a fuller flan, a pleasing very fine

Provenance

T Mathews, by private treaty, 1983 - £90

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£200

Starting price
£70