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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 231

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Æthelred II "Unræd" (978-1016), 'Long Cross' Type, Penny, c. 997-1003, Thetford, Osbern, + ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLO, draped bust left, rev. + OSBERN M•O ÐEOD, voided long cross, 1.67g [25.77grns], 10h (Hildebrand 3788 [Type D]; SCBI 2 [Hunterian], 864 same reverse die; SCBI 65 [Norway], 795 same reverse die; North 774; BMC IVa; Spink 1151), crimped, peck-marked and cracked through portrait, with some staining to hair, otherwise a clear striking, near very fine

Provenance

T Mathews, by private treaty, 1984

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£220

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