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Auction 105  12 Jul 2022
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Lot 137

Starting price: 2000 GBP
Price realized: 2000 GBP
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Cuthred (798‑807), Kings of Kent, Penny, Canterbury mint, moneyer Sigebeorht, diademed draped bust right breaking solid inner circle, horizontal and vertical bars to drapery, legend surrounds +CVÐRED REX CANT, V as an inverted A, contraction bar above T in mint. Rev, reads +SIGEBEARHT MONETA, around solid inner circle containing cross pattée with wedges in angles, 1.16g (S.877; N.211; BMC 5; Naismith C33.1g; SCBI 2 [Hunterian], 387 for reverse). Handsome grey cabinet toning, slightly darker around the periphery, portrait consistently well detailed in the high points, strong in the King's expression. Few unobtrusive nicks, slightly ragged in parts of the edge. Good very fine, rare, complete with an old dealers ticket.
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