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Auction: 23006 - The Official COINEX Auction at Spink
Lot: 78

Cnut (1016-1035/36), 'Short Cross' Type, Penny, 1030-1035/36, Shaftesbury, Æthelric, crowned, draped and cuirassed bust left, lys-tipped sceptre before, rev. + ÆLRIC ON SCEFTE : voided short cross, pellet-in-annulet at centre, 1.13g [17.44grns], 6h (BEH, Type H; SCBI 42 [South Eastern], 1097 same dies; North 790; BMC XVI; Spink 1159), a softness of strike to reverse 12 to 2 o'clock, otherwise handsomely cabinet toned, further accentuated by original mint lustre in recesses, a trace of pecking, otherwise a handsomely bold very fine, rare

Provenance

Spink, Spring Hybrid Auction (22005), 4 May 2022, lot 42

Dr Burstal, Glendining, 15 May 1968, lot 23 [part] ...'very fine and rare'... - £42.10.0 [with his ticket, stating:]

Duke of Argyll, collection purchased en bloc by Spink, 1949 [with his ticket, stating:]

Spink, by private treaty - £0.10.0


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Sold for
£450

Starting price
£450