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Auction: 24004 - British and World Coins and Medals Spring Auction
Lot: 22

(x) Æthelred II ‘Unræd’ (978-1016), ‘Small Crux’ Type, Penny, 995-997, London, Ælfstan, +ÆDELRÆD REX ANGLOX, draped bust left, large head with swept back hair, pellet before chin rather than behind neck, trefoil-tipped sceptre before cutting into drapery which has four horizontal folds, all within inner circle, rev. +ÆLFSTAN M-O LVN, voided short cross, C, R, V, X, in angles, an extra pellet in first and second quarters, within inner circle, 1.36g [21.0grns], 3h (Hildebrand 2092, Type Ca [g.9 variety]; SCBI 7 [Copenhagen Part II], 661 same reverse die; SCBI 20 [Mack], 904 same reverse die; SCBI 25 [Helsinki], 155 same dies; SCBI 36 [Berlin], 330 same reverse die; SCBI 50 [Hermitage Part I], -; SCBI 51 [Estonia], -; SCBI 65 [Norwegian Part I], -; North 770 (var.); BMC IIIa [Coll. -]; Spink 1149), peck marks and softly struck, brighter surfaces, a bolder fine, scarce

Provenance

The Steve J Green Collection of Anglo-Saxon Coins [with his tickets and envelope]

Spink 238, 27 June 2016, lot 1095 - £150


Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£230

Starting price
£120