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Auction: 16019 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 1, Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins
Lot: 242

Aethelred II (978-1016), Penny, 1.36g, Helmet type, Lydford, Bruna, bust left in armour and radiate helmet, rev. :+BR.VNA MΩO LYDA, long cross voided, each limb terminating in three crescents, over square with three pellets at each point (N775; S1152), minor surface cracks to both sides, dark tone with underlying iridescent hues to the reverse, better than very fine, very rare type for this mint.

PROVENANCE:
P W P Carlyon Britton, Sotheby 17-21 November 1913, lot 523
R C Lockett, Glendining 4-6 November 1958, lot 2773 part
R P V Brettell, Glendining 8 March 1990, lot 451
Bt. Baldwin January 2001

provenance
P W P Carlyon-Britton, Sotheby, 1 November 1900, lot 523
R C Lockett, part VII (English part III), Glendining, 4-6 November 1958, lot 2773

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