Auction Catalogue

14 March 2012

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British and World Coins

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 366

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14 March 2012

Hammer Price:
£1,150

Æthelwulf (839-858), Penny, Rochester, c. 844-6/7, cross pattée, wedges in angles, edelvvlf rex, rev. cross with two limbs moline, edelhere, 1.14g/11h (Naismith type R22; BMC 89; N 607; S 1046). Very slightly bent, otherwise good very fine, extremely rare £1,500-2,000

The cross moline reverse is more commonly paired with a portrait obverse. Naismith lists only four known specimens of this type, two of which are in institutions