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Auction: 26005 - British and World Coins and Medals: The Martin J Waldron Collection of English Coins
Lot: 233

(x) Mercia, Berhtwulf (840-852), Penny, BERHTVLF [R]EX, crude bust right, rev. ZIG[E]HEAH, cross with annulet in each angle, 1.04g [16.05grns], 3h (Naismith L42.1a this coin; Booth 1998, 28; SCBI 67 [British Museum], 311 = BMC 134, same reverse die; Lockett 2664 this coin; North 410; S.935), flan chipped, with a fracture at 6 o'clock and spots of verdigris, otherwise richly toned, bolder than very fine, and extremely rare with an exceptional pedigree, only two examples believed extant

Provenance

The Martin Waldron Collection of Anglo-Saxon, Norman and Plantagenet Coins


CNG e-Auction 102, 24 November 2004, lot 199 [with ticket]


SNC, May 1993, no. 2578*


SNC, June 1991, no. 3564*


SNC, July/August 1989, no. 4033


The Ridgemount Collection, Spink 69, 20 April 1989, lot 38 - "piece broken out of edge otherwise extremely fine and extremely rare" - £1,000


Richard Cyril Lockett [English, Part III], Glendining, 4 November 1958, lot 2664 - "extremely fine but piece broken out of edge, very rare" - £46.0.0 [Siefert]


~ BNS Lockett Manuscript 5, p. 16 ~


Gilbert C Drabble, Part I, Glendining, 4 July 1939, lot 337 - "extremely fine, but has a small piece out, very rare" - £4.5.0


SNC, November-December 1922, no. 11920 - "a small piece missing. RR. VF" - £3.0.0


Major P W P Carlyon-Britton, Third Portion, Sotheby's, 11 November 1918, lot 1611 - "fine, but with piece broken out, very rare" - £1.1.0 [Spink]


SNC, October 1899, no. 57162 - "a small piece chipped out. RR. VF" - £1.10.0


SNC, January 1893, no. 1364 - "slightly broken. RR. F" - £2.0.0


Hon. Robert Marsham-Townshend, Sotheby's, 19 November 1888, lot 83 - £2.4.0 {part} [Spink]


Edward Wigan, collection purchased en bloc by Rollin & Feuardent, 1872


Probably:


Charles Barclay, Sotheby's, 21 March 1831, lot 18 - "abrake on the edge [sic]" [part]


~ Dorking Hoard, 1817 ~



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Estimate
£1,500 to £2,000

Starting price
£1200