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Lot Essay
The British Museum coin of Cnut, type XIX, no. 466, would appear to be a fabrication based on these dies, the King's name altered but his title rendered in exactly the same (and most unusual) manner
Details
KINGS OF ALL ENGLAND
Edward the Confessor, Penny, Trefoil-Quadrilateral type (BEH C), London, Aelfred, obv. EDPHE RE R.X:, rev. ÆLFRED ON LVNDE, 17.0 grains, 1.10g (N.817; S.1174; cf BMC (Cnut) 466, pl xix, 3), extremely fine
Edward the Confessor, Penny, Trefoil-Quadrilateral type (BEH C), London, Aelfred, obv. EDPHE RE R.X:, rev. ÆLFRED ON LVNDE, 17.0 grains, 1.10g (N.817; S.1174; cf BMC (Cnut) 466, pl xix, 3), extremely fine
Provenance
P W P Carlyon-Britton, part I, Sotheby, 17-21 November 1913, lot 582
R P Mack I, 18 November 1975, lot 180 (and Sylloge 1137)
R P Mack I, 18 November 1975, lot 180 (and Sylloge 1137)
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