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Auction: 16019 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 1, Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins
Lot: 218

Aethelred II (978-1016), Penny, 1.56g, First Hand type, Norwich,
Lifinc, diademed bust right, rev. +LIVINC MONETA NORĐPIC, Hand of Providence issuing from clouds dividing W A (N766, S1144), chipped from 4-5 o’clock with some deposits in the reverse legend, good fine, very rare.

Rare with alpha and omega transposed.

provenance:
Probably Ipswich Buttermarket hoard, discovered 24 October 1863

Possibly this coin listed by Sir John Evans in Numismatic Chronicle 1864, p.30.

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Sold for
£270