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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 256

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Cnut 'the Great' (1016-1035/36), 'Pointed Helmet' Type, Penny, c. 1023-1029, London, Eadric, + CNVT REN XA [sic], crowned and draped bust left, wearing pointed helmet, quatrefoil-tipped sceptre before, rev. + EDRIC ON LVNDE: voided short cross in pellet-tipped quatrefoil, pellet at each apex, 0.99g [15.28grns], 9h (Hildebrand 2248-2255 [Type G]; SCBI 14 [Copenhagen], 2421-2433; North 787; BMC XIV; Spink 1158), bright-cleaned, with a soft retoning with golden hue in legends, with a slight bend in flan, and evidence of die flawing, otherwise struck details very fine, the portrait better

Provenance

T Mathews, by private treaty, 1999 - £170

Presumed to be:

'Cnut' (Cambridge) Hoard, 1993

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Sold for
£300

Starting price
£70