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Lot

№ 172

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4 May 2021

Hammer Price:
£4,200

Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, Short Cross type, Warminster, Winegod, pineg on por, 1.12g/3h (SCBI Copenhagen 4212 [different dies]; BEH 3869; N 790; S 1159). Minor flan crack at 4 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine with light dusty find patina, extremely rare £1,500-£2,000

Provenance: Found in the Bristol area, 2013 (EMC 2013.0061).

The other known coins of this type for the mint are:
1) Lord Stewartby Collection (Spink Auction 234, 22 March 2016, lot 264: same dies as Copenhagen 4212)
2) W.J. Conte Collection (CNG Auction 60, 22 May 2002, lot 2244, different dies to both Copenhagen 4212 and the present specimen)
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SCBI Copenhagen 4212
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SCBI Copenhagen 4211 [moneyer Beorhtric]