Lot 250
Great Britain. Kings of All England. AR Penny, ND (Taunton, struck June 1040- June 1042). North-811; S-1168. 1.12 grams. Harthacnut, as sole King, 1040-1042 AD. Restoration. Arm and Scepter type. Diademed and draped bust left, holding scepter in left hand; +HARÐ CNVT RE: around. Reverse: Central circle, short voided cross within, over center a quadrilateral with pellet finials and center; + BOGA ON TANTVNE: around. Outstanding, crisp strike, on a full flan of choice metal. Artistic, medium to deep smoky tone, with touches of peacock iridesence throughout. Very Rare. A great coin! NGC graded MS-64.
Estimated Value $14,000 - 16,000.
Ex Larry Stack (Sotheby's, London, April 1999, lot 562); Price; Carlyon-Britton (lot 1770); Lockett (lot 2804); Glendining's sales of May 1972 (lot 701) and May 1987 (lot 375). Ex Dr Jacob Y. Terner Collection (by private treaty to the Millennia Collection).Illustrated in Money of The World, coin 68.
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