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Auction: 23107 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 27: British and World Coins, Medals and Tokens Featuring the 'Leja Park' Collection - e-Auction
Lot: 7034

The Owen-Rooke Collection | Æthelred II 'the Unready' (978-1016), 'Long Cross' Type, Penny, 997-1003, Oxford, Wulfwine, + ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLORX, draped bust left, rev. + PVLFPINE M'O ON OXN, voided long cross, angles plain, 1.73g [26.5grns], 3h (BEH 3263; Charles Lewis Stainer [1904], 'Oxford Silver Pennies' (925-1272), pp. 18-20, no. 19 same dies; Montagu II, 24g; Wilcox 37a; Lockett 2775a; Doubleday 423; SCBI 7 [Copenhagen], 1051; SCBI 20 [Mack], 953 [and Sale 2, lot 145 this coin; North 774; BMC IVa; Spink 1151), handsomely cabinet toned, a really wholesome and well-balanced strike, a most arresting extremely fine, scarce

Provenance
The Owen-Rooke Collection of Oxfordshire Pennies (978-1272)
SNC, November 1982, no. 8143* - superb, good EF - £350
Commander Richard Paston Mack, Part II, Spink-Glendining, 23 July 1977, lot 145 - extremely fine and rare
A H Baldwin, by private treaty, 1948

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Starting price
£350