Triton XX, Lot: 1473. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Kent. Cuthred. 798-807. AR Penny (18.5mm, 1.17 g, 12h). Portrait type. Canterbury mint; Sigebeorht, moneyer. Struck circa 805-807. + CVÐRED REX CANT (bar over T), diademed bust right / SIGEBER(HT)I mO(NE)TA, cross pommée, wedges in angles. Naismith C33.1c = EMC 1999.0122 (this coin); SCBI 2 (Hunterian), 387 var. (legends); BMC 8 var. (same); North 211; SCBC 877. VF, toned, hairline edge crack, slight bend to flan. Rare.
From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex James Hall Collection (Dix, Noonan, Webb 71, 28 September 2006), lot 23; Vecchi 17 (15 December 1999), lot 1561. Found near Burbage, Wiltshire, by 1999.