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Auction: 19006 - British, Indian and Islamic Coins: Autumn Auction
Lot: 196

Cnut (1016-35), Penny, Quatrefoil type, Oxford, Æthelric, 1.07g, 1h, + cnvt rex anglorvm, legend starts at 12 o'clock, diademed and draped bust left inside quatrefoil, rev. + æðelric on oxse, voided long cross over voided quatrefoil (SCBI 15 (Copenhagen) 3241-42 same obverse die; Hildebrand type E, cf. 1104; BMC VIII; N.781; S.1157), two small flan perforations at 5 o'clock with a greater split at 7 o'clock and evidence of an old attempted repair, otherwise darkly toned, about very fine

Provenance
SJA 5, 27 September 2006
Duke of Argyll, collection purchased en bloc by Spink, 1949 (with his ticket), stating: 'a slight fracture near inner rim, VF 21/-, Spink'

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Sold for
£320

Starting price
£140