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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 240

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Cnut 'the Great' (1016-1035/36), 'Short Cross' Type, Penny, c. 1029-1035/36, Cambridge, Ælfwig, + CNVT • C REC:• diademed and draped bust left, lys-tipped sceptre before, rev. + ÆLFPIG ON GR•A: voided short cross, angles plain, 1.06g, 1h (Hildebrand -, cf. 1019 [Type H]; SCBI 9 [Ashmolean], 711 same dies; SCBI 36 [Berlin], 750 same dies; North 790; BMC XVI; Spink 1159), details of portrait largely obscured, reverse much better, nicely toned, about fine / very fine

Provenance

T Mathews, by private treaty, 1985 - £135


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