Auction Catalogue

26 September 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British Coins

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1002

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26 September 2011

Hammer Price:
£5,200

Archbishops of Canterbury, Ceolnoth (833-870), Penny, Gp. II, Biarnred, tonsured bust facing, ceolnod archiep, rev. +biarnred moneta in and around voided cross, 1.26g/6h (N. 245; S. 894). Full and round, extremely fine and lightly toned, very rare £3,500-4,000

Provenance: J.G. Murdoch Collection, Part I, Sotheby Auction, 31 March-4 April 1903, lot 41; Lord Grantley Collection, Part III, Glendining Auction, 22-3 March 1944, lot 898; Sir John Hanham Collection; bt Baldwin