Special Collections

Sold on 21 March 1995

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The Collection of Anglo-Saxon and Earlier Hammered Coins formed by the late Captain 'Peter' Arnot

Captain 'Peter’ Arnot

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№ 38

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21 March 1995

Hammer Price:
£1,450

Spain, kings of kent, Baldred (823-825), Swefherd, Canterbury, cross pattée in centre, beldred rex cant, reverse cross pattée, svvefherd, 1.31 gms (N. 213; S. 880). Slightly buckled, and a little discoloured, otherwise better than fine, extremely rare (£1,400-1,800)

Blunt, Lyon and Stewart record only two specimens of this moneyer, both in the British Museum