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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 250

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Cnut 'the Great' (1016-1035/36), 'Pointed Helmet' Type, Penny, c. 1023-1029, Ipswich, Leofing, + CNVT REX ANGL, crowned and draped bust left, wearing pointed helmet, trefoil-tipped sceptre before, rev. + LIFINC : ON GIPESPI : voided short cross, limbs united at base by two circles, pellet in centre, broken annulet enclosing a pellet in each angle, 1.08g [16.67grns], 12h (Hildebrand 949 [Type G]; SCBI 11 [Reading], 113; Doubleday 201 same dies; North 787; BMC XIV; Spink 1158), crimped and with some deposits in recesses, otherwise a largely uniform strike, very fine or near so

Provenance

T Mathews, by private treaty, 1999 - £240

Presumed to be:

'Cnut' (Cambridge) Hoard, 1993

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Sold for
£320

Starting price
£70