Spink > Auction 24004 | Auction date: 4 April 2024 |
Lot number: 35 Price realized: 3,800 GBP (Approx. 4,776 USD / 4,436 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on |
Lot description: Harthacnut, Regency Period (1035-1037), 'Jewel Cross' Type, Penny, Spring-Autumn 1036, Bath, Æthelwine/Ælfwine, +HARÐA-CNVT RE, commencing at 12 o'clock, diademed and draped bust right, rev. + ÆGEL'PINE ON BAÐA, NE ligated, quadrilobe cross extending from central pelleted-annulet, 1.10g, 2h (SCBI -; North 809; BMC I; Spink 1167), slightly undulating flan, the mint name a little blundered, otherwise well toned with a pleasing bold portrait, good very fine, evidently excessively rare, only two examples recorded for Bath on SCBI/EMC, neither from this moneyer. Provenance, Baldwins 74, 9 May 2012, lot 1023 - "well toned, flan a little undulating with light central crease and a little light showing through heavily struck beaded border edge, mint name a little blundered in legend, otherwise well struck, good very fine with a pleasing portrait, rare with the King's full name" - £6,400, , Estimate: £3000 - £4000 |