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Offline Callimachus

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125-year-old provenance: Harthacnut.
« on: May 26, 2022, 09:50:15 pm »
My Harthacnut penny has a provenance going back to 1897.

It was part of the Hyman Montagu (1844-95) Collection. Sold by Sotheby's, 16 November, 1897; Part V, lot 49. Illustrated on plate 1.

The sale catalogue -- which is online -- has the buyer (Lincoln) and the selling price (8 shillings) written in. The buyer was W.S. Lincoln & Son, a coin dealer in London during the latter part of the 19th century.

Link to sale catalogue: https://archive.org/details/montagucollectio00soth_6/page/n9/mode/2up
Link to coin in my gallery: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=95367

Thanks to FORVM member Helvetica who discovered this provenance and emailed me to let me know about it.
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Offline Virgil H

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Re: 125-year-old provenance: Harthacnut.
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2022, 10:36:37 pm »
Beautiful coin and wonderful provenance. Not my area, but I love this one.

Virgil
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Offline Callimachus

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Re: 125-year-old provenance: Harthacnut.
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2022, 11:39:43 pm »
By the way . . .
The mint name on the reverse is LVDI.
In 1897 this coin was thought to have been minted in London.
Today it is known to have been minted in Lund, Denmark (now in Sweden).
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Re: 125-year-old provenance: Harthacnut.
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2022, 11:46:16 pm »
I know nothing about the type but that's fantastic!
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