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Auction 146 25 Apr 2018
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Early Anglo-Saxon Coins
BRITISH COINS, Archbishops of Canterbury, Wulfred, Penny, Gp III, Canterbury, Swefheard, vvlfred archiepi around tonsured and draped facing bust breaking inner circle, flanked by vertical trio of pellets, rev. svvefherd moneta around Dorobernia Civitas monogram, 1.35g/6h (Naismith C47.2e, this coin; BLS 8c, this coin; N 240/1; S 889). Trace of surface verdigris on reverse, otherwise very fine with a good portrait, rare £2,400-3,000
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Provenance: H. Montagu Collection, Part I, Sotheby Auction, 18-23 November 1895, lot 306; T. Bliss Collection, Part I, Sotheby Auction, 22-4 March 1916, lot 47; A. Mann Collection, Sotheby Auction, 29-31 October 1917, lot 140; G.C. Drabble Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 13-14 December 1943, lot 818; Sir John Hanham Collection; bt Baldwin 1981
BRITISH COINS, Archbishops of Canterbury, Wulfred, Penny, Gp III, Canterbury, Swefheard, vvlfred archiepi around tonsured and draped facing bust breaking inner circle, flanked by vertical trio of pellets, rev. svvefherd moneta around Dorobernia Civitas monogram, 1.35g/6h (Naismith C47.2e, this coin; BLS 8c, this coin; N 240/1; S 889). Trace of surface verdigris on reverse, otherwise very fine with a good portrait, rare £2,400-3,000
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Provenance: H. Montagu Collection, Part I, Sotheby Auction, 18-23 November 1895, lot 306; T. Bliss Collection, Part I, Sotheby Auction, 22-4 March 1916, lot 47; A. Mann Collection, Sotheby Auction, 29-31 October 1917, lot 140; G.C. Drabble Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 13-14 December 1943, lot 818; Sir John Hanham Collection; bt Baldwin 1981