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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 39

Harthacnut (1035-1042), 'Arm and Sceptre' Type, Penny, with King's name 'CNVT', c. 1040-1042, Thetford, Ælfwine, + CNVT RECX AN, diademed and draped bust left, trefoil-tipped sceptre in left hand, rev. LFVINE ON DEOTVO, 1.21g [18.67grns], 9h (SCBI 15 [Copenhagen, Part III C], 3779-3780; SCBI 40 [Stockholm, Part IV], 1944-1947; EMC 1996.0240; North 799 'posthumous' type; S.1169), with residual, pale mercury gilding, since partially worn but without other traces of mounting, otherwise a good very fine, rare

Provenance

Archbishop Sharp Collection, Morton & Eden, Auction 91, 7 December 2017, lot 42*


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