From the Drabble and Talbot Ready Collections
CNG 91, Lot: 1473. Estimate $750. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
|
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (19mm, 1.02 g, 6h). Quatrefoil type (BMC viii, Hild. E). Bađan (Bath) mint; Ælfweald, moneyer. Struck circa 1017-1023. + CNVT REX ANGLORV, crowned bust left in quatrefoil / + ΛLF PΛL D ON BΛÐ, voided long cross with triple-crescent ends and pellet at center, over quatrefoil. Blackburn & Lyon Bath B style; Grinsell 4; SCBI 17 (Midlands), 292; Hild. 42; BMC 7 var. (legends); North 781; SCBC 1157. Good VF, toned.
Ex Baldwin’s 69 (3 May 2011), lot 584; G.C. Drabble Collection (Glendining, 4 July 1939), lot 487 (part of); W. Talbot Ready Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 15 November 1920), lot 126 (part of). Lot includes an old Baldwin stock ticket (cf. Eaglen D01).