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Auction: 15005 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 342

Aethelred II (978-1016), Penny, 1.22g, Last small cross type, Thetford, Edwine, diademed bust left, rev. +edpine on Ðeodfo:, cross pattée within inner circle, pellet placed on inner circle below initial cross (SCBI 20 Mack, No 1042 - this coin;N.777; S.1154), contemporary testing marks, this piece with a thin layer of deposit presumably obtained in the ground, carefully and evenly struck on a full, round flan, nearly extremely fine, a neat style

provenance:
Bt. R P Mack collection Pt. I, Glendining, 18 November 1975, lot 160 (illustrated), £90 (Mack ticket included)
Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, EMC 1020.1042
Purchased Spink, 1929

This piece is exceptional in have a very neat and tidy style. It would seem that care has been taken, not only in the sinking of the die, but in the striking of the coin itself. Noteworthy also is the unusual form of the reverse cross pattée. This differs from the convention in having a linear form in which the cross limbs do not appear as to be 'expanding' from the centre. Certainly the issue is a deliberate attempt to increase the quality of the end product.

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Sold for
£320