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Auction 93  5 May 2015
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Lot 32

Estimate: 250 GBP
Price realized: 380 GBP
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BRITISH COINS, Anglo-Saxon, Canute, Silver Penny, Quatrefoil type (c.1017-1023), Shaftesbury mint, moneyer Aelfwine, crowned and draped bust left within quatrefoil, legend commences at top, +CNVT REX ANGLORVM, rev long voided cross with pellet centre and tri-crescent terminals, over quatrefoil with pellet on each cusp, + AELFPINE ON SEFTES, 1.12g (BMC type VIII; N 781; S 1157). Flan a little undulating, very fine.
This coin struck from dies of the mid Winchester style as defined by Blackburn and Lyon in their article "Regional Die-Production in Cnut's Quatrefoil Issue", chapter 13 of Anglo-Saxon Monetary History. These dies therefore cut at Winchester and supplied for use in Shaftesbury.

Estimate: £250-350
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