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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 1956814, member: 4910&quot;]Found it!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Classical Numismatics Group (CNG) link I posted above is the same coin.</p><p>Check the letters which have wear.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Pawn Stars coin:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_pawnstars_viking_coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>CNG coin:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/957403.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Danish East Anglia). St. Edmund memorial coinage. Circa 895-910. AR Penny (18mm, 1.18 g, 12h). Gisalca, moneyer. + SC E?DIHVND RE (S sideways throughout), large barred A / + ‘_|¯ISLEC? NOE, short cross pattée. SCBI 42 (South-Eastern) 696-7; BMC 534; North 483; SCBC 960. Near EF, toned.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Duke of Argyll coin collection turns up in a lot of places.</p><p>He collected early English and Roman coins, and they were sold after he died in 1949.</p><p>Some of the current coin dealer webpages list &quot;ex Duke of Argyll&quot; as part of a coin description.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Searching online for &quot;ex Duke of Argyll&quot; brings up a lot of nice old English hammered coins.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Also, I still believe that the &quot;40/&quot; price slash is shillings.</p><p>Coins were just cheaper back then.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here is an old auction where the original prices are spelled out:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://stjauctions.com/assets/applets/SJA5part1.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://stjauctions.com/assets/applets/SJA5part1.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://stjauctions.com/assets/applets/SJA5part1.pdf</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>46 Aethelred II, penny, last small cross type (BMC I var), Dover, Manninc, MANNINC OM DOFE, diademed bust l., rev. small cross (S.1154; N.777), small edge crack, otherwise very fine £200-250</p><p>* ex Duke of Argyll Collection (with ticket), purchased from Spink, cost £1.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>61 Cnut, penny, helmet type, (BMC XIV), Leicester, Wulfnoth, PVLNOÐ ON LERA, helmeted bust l., with sceptre, rev. short voided cross, circles in centre, pellets in angles (S.1158; N.787), toned, good very fine or better and rare £180-220</p><p>* ex Duke of Argyll Collection (with ticket), purchased from Seaby for 27/6d</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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