Auction Catalogue

28 September 2006

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Important British and World Coins

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 1042

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28 September 2006

Hammer Price:
£250

Hiberno-Norse issues (c.995-c.1150), Penny, bust left, blundered legends, rev. voided long cross, hand in first and fourth quarters, 0.91g/6h (SCBI Copenhagen 150, same dies; S 6132). Some tiny verdigris spots and light tooling behind bust, otherwise very fine (£200-250)

Provenance:
Spink, SNC November 1971, ‘A Group of Hiberno-Norse Pennies’ by Ian Stewart, pp.405-8, no.13, this coin
Freeman and Sear Mailbid Sale 6, October 2000 (679)