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Auction: 23051 - English Milled and Hammered Coins and Artefacts
Lot: 1024

Kent, Cuthred (798-807), 'Cross and Wedges' Type, Penny, Canterbury, Eaba, + CVÐRED REX - CANT, contraction bar above T, diademed and draped bust right, of accomplished style, rev. + EABA MONETA, lombardic M, short cross, wedges in angles, 1.32g [20.37grns], 9h, 18.36mm diameter (Naismith C31 this coin not listed; SCBI 11 [Reading], 13 same obverse die; PAS KENT-143820 this coin; North 211; Spink 877), chipped to edge with an exposed additional section of rim, minor die breaks to reverse, otherwise a remarkable and beautiful portrait coin for Cuthred, struck details bolder than very fine, very rare thus and with a secure findspot

Provenance

Found at Aldington, Ashford District (Kent), by Thursday 25 April 2019

~ Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme, ref. KENT-143820 ~

~ Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum, ref. EMC 2023.0508 ~

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£2,300

Starting price
£1800