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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 19

Wessex, Æthelberht (858-865/6), Penny, Inscribed Cross type, Canterbury, Se(le)ferth, + AEÐELBERHT REX +, the HT ligate, legend begins at 7 o'clock, diademed and draped bust right, breaking beaded inner circle, rev. + SEFR: EÐ - MO on limbs of cross, NETA in angles, 1.24g [19.14grns], 12h (SCBI -; EMC -; cf. Naismith C199, this coin not listed; North 620; S.1053), very rare moneyer for this type, tiny edge crack at 8 o'clock, some verdigris on obverse, very fine

Provenance

Allan Williams, Spink 18012, 3 July 2018, lot 133*

Colonial Rare Coins, 21 November 1994, lot 128


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