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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 16

Danelaw, Hiberno-Norse Kings of Northumbria and Dublin, Ánláf Guthfrithsson (939-941), 'Raven' Type, Penny, Jórvík [York], Æthelferth, + ANLAF CVNVN[C, Raven upwards, head left, wings outstretched, rev + AÐELFERD MINRTI, small cross pattée, 1.26g [19.56grns], 12h (Williams II, 238; EMC 2023.0306 this coin; SCBI 65 [Norwegian], 59 [same obverse die]; BMC 1092-96; North 537; S.1019), a field find, bent and hairlines cracks to somewhat ragged edges, nonetheless most pleasingly struck to raven and legends fully legible, about very fine and rare, an ever sought after Viking issue

Provenance

Found Scunthorpe area (Lincolnshire), May 2023

~ Recorded with EMC (Fitzwilliam Museum) ref.2023.0306 ~

https://emc.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/full-record/20230306

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Sold for
£4,800

Starting price
£4000