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Viking Coinages: Danelaw, Penny, copying Alfred the Great, ‘London’, no moneyer, crude diademed bust right, rev. londonia monogram, cross above, four pellets below, 1.44g/3h (cf. BMC 94; N 465; S 964). Slightly crimped, otherwise better than very fine and toned, very rare £6,000-8,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Halbert Carmichael Collection of British Coins.

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Provenance: Bt G. Schinke 1996

Provenance: J.B. Bergne Collection, Sotheby Auction, 20-31 May 1873, lot 155; W. Allen Collection, Sotheby Auction, 14-17 March, 1898, lot 212; CNG Auction 36 (New York), 5-6 December 1995, lot 1420; bt G. Schinke 1996