Spink
Auction 22005 4 May 2022
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Cnut (1016-1035/36), 'Short Cross', Penny, 1030-1035/36, Dorchester, Swet(a), crowned, draped and cuirassed bust left, lys-tipped sceptre before, rev. + SPETA ON DORCES •, voided short cross, pellet-in-annulet at centre, 6h (BEH Type H; SCBI 13, 412-413; Conte [2003] lot 1389 same dies; North 790; BMC XVI; Spink 1159), crimped flan, otherwise darkly toned, a pleasingly bold very fine, rare and with a solid pedigree.
Provenance
Dr Burstal, Glendining, 15 May 1968, lot 23 [part] ...very fine and rare'... - £42.10.0 [with his ticket, stating:]
Duke of Argyll, collection purchased en bloc by Spink, 1949 [with his ticket, stating:]
R Carlyon-Britton, 'Coins of the Sussex Mints', offered through the Seaby Bulletin, by May 1949
Baldwin, by private treaty, 1921 - £0.13.0
T Bliss, Sotheby, 22-24 March, 15-19 May 1916, lot 110 [part] - ...'chiefly very fine, some rare mints'... - £2.16.0 [Baldwin]
Estimate: £300.00 - £400.00
Provenance
Dr Burstal, Glendining, 15 May 1968, lot 23 [part] ...very fine and rare'... - £42.10.0 [with his ticket, stating:]
Duke of Argyll, collection purchased en bloc by Spink, 1949 [with his ticket, stating:]
R Carlyon-Britton, 'Coins of the Sussex Mints', offered through the Seaby Bulletin, by May 1949
Baldwin, by private treaty, 1921 - £0.13.0
T Bliss, Sotheby, 22-24 March, 15-19 May 1916, lot 110 [part] - ...'chiefly very fine, some rare mints'... - £2.16.0 [Baldwin]
Estimate: £300.00 - £400.00