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Auction: 19006 - British, Indian and Islamic Coins: Autumn Auction
Lot: 189

Aethelred II (978-1016), Penny, Last Small Cross type, Winchester, Cynna, 1.07g, 3h, + æðelræd r•ex angl, crude diademed and draped bust left, rev. + cynna on þincstr, small cross pattée (Winchester Mint, dies unrecorded; SCBI 7 (Copenhagen) 1383 same dies; Hildebrand type A, 4196; BMC I; N.777; S.1154), hairline flan split at 2 o'clock and 7 o'clock, and minor flan crimping, otherwise darkly toned, very fine or near so, the portrait charmingly quirky!

Provenance
Warwick & Warwick, 14 February 2007, lot 378
SCMB, August 1979, ref. E338 - 'nearly EF' - £110

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Sold for
£160

Starting price
£130