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4 & 5 December 2019

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№ 60

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4 December 2019

Hammer Price:
£420

Æthelred II (978-1016), Small CRVX type, York, Leofwine, leofpine m¯o efr, 0.80g/3h (cf. BEH 763ff; N 770 var.; S 1149). Tiny edge chip, small flan, light and possibly base with an oddly abstract portrait, nearly very fine, unusual and probably very rare £200-£260

This coin contains less silver than most of the Long Cross cut halfpence in the hoard