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LOT 2224

Sold for (Inc. bp): £338


Anglo-Saxon Coins - Northumbria - Aethelred I / Hnifvla - Regal Issue AR Sceatta 789-796 A.D.

Second reign, phase I. Obv: small cross centre with +EDILRED legend, within a beaded border. Rev: pellet in rosette of pellets in centre with +HNIFVLA legend for the moneyer Hnifvla, within a beaded border. 0.92 grams.

Near extremely fine.

PROVENANCE:
Ex late John Cross collection, Canterbury, UK.
Acquired Canterbury Auction Galleries, 3 October 2021, lot 569 (part).
Property of two Kent sisters, by gift from their parents.

LITERATURE:
S. 856; Abr. 80, 82-84; N. 185.

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