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Auction: 16019 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 1, Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins
Lot: 239

Aethelred II (978-1016), Penny, 1.31g, Helmet type, Dorchester, Wulfnoth, bust left in armour and radiate helmet, rev. +PVLFNOĐ M’O DOR, long cross voided, each limb terminating in three crescents, over square with three pellets at each point (N775; S1152), pierced with deposits both sides, otherwise very fine, extremely rare.

PROVENANCE:
SNC, March 1978, no.3367

Helmet is an extremely rare type for Dorchester

provenance
Spink Numismatic Circular, March 1978, item 3367, £45

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Sold for
£320