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Auction 24004  4 Apr 2024
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Lot 32

Starting price: 120 GBP
Price realized: 500 GBP
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(x) Cnut 'the Great' (1016-1035/36), 'Pointed Helmet' Type, Penny, 1023-1029/30, Thetford, Ælfwine, + CNVT RECX A, draped bust left wearing pointed helmet with central vertical single line of five pellets, trefoil-tipped sceptre before, drapery with five horizontal folds and eight pellets breaking inner circle, rev. + ÆLFPINE ON DEO:, voided short cross, limbs united at base by two concentric circles with pellet in centre; in each angle, broken annulet enclosing pellet, within inner circle, 1.06g [16.4grns], 12h (Hildebrand 3447, Type G [b.1 variety]; SCBI 9 [Oxford, Part I], 704 same dies; SCBI 15 [Copenhagen, Part IIIc], 3764 same obverse die; [and, 3763-3769 no die links; SCBI 20 [Mack], 1092 no die link; SCBI 25 [Helsinki], 821 no die link; SCBI 26 [East Anglia], 1235-1236 no die links; SCBI 51 [Estonian], 766 no die link; SCBI 60 [Hermitage, Part II], 614 no die link; SCBI 66 [Norwegian, Part II], 3194-3197 same obverse die; [and, 3198 same dies]; North 787; BMC XIV [Coll. no. 599 same dies; and, 600 no die link]; Spink 1158), struck with a damaged obverse die, otherwise lightly cabinet toned, almost extremely fine for issue.
Provenance,
The Steve J Green Collection of Anglo-Saxon Coins [with his tickets and envelope],
Noble Numismatics Sale 111, 6 April 2016, lot 1383 - "dull tone about as struck, nearly extremely fine" - AUD400,
Noble Numismatics Sale 81, 22-24 March 2006, lot 684 - "lightly toned, extremely fine and rare" - AUD440

Estimate: £200 - £260
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