Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 236
The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Æthelred II "Unræd" (978-1016), 'Intermediate Small Cross / Crux' Mule, Penny, c. 995-997, Winchester, Toki, + ÆDELRÆD REX ANGLORx, NG ligate, diademed and draped bust left, rev. + TOCA M-O PINT, voided short cross, C R V X in angles, commencing in second quarter, 1.61g [24.85grns], 3h (Hildebrand 4326 [Type Cb]; SCBI 7 [Copenhagen], 1434 same reverse die; SCBI 20 [Mack], 911; North 773/770; BMC III; Spink 1150/1148), flan creased and wavy, otherwise richly cabinet toned, about very fine, a very rare mule
Provenance
T Mathews, by private treaty, 1985
Glendining, 21 September 1983, lot 64* - "crimped with surface cracks, but fine and rare" - £160
Duke of Argyll, collection purchased en bloc by Spink, 1949
[with his ticket, stating: 1.584g, rather bent, roughly struck, sceptre displaced; and:]
Baldwin, by private treaty
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Sold for
£500
Starting price
£120