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Auction: 16019 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 1, Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins
Lot: 221

Aethelred II (978-1016), Penny, 1.33g, Second Hand type, Exeter, Byrhsige, diademed bust right, sceptre in front with trefoil head, rev.BYRHSIGE M-O EAXE, Hand of Providence issuing from clouds with edges that billow outwards, dividing A W (N768; S1146), peck marks with a small stress crack at the shoulder and at the corresponding point on the reverse but not showing light, attractively toned, very fine, the reverse better.

PROVENANCE:
Bt. January 1956

provenance:
Acquired 3 January 1956

Note the pellet behind and before the bust of Aethelred.

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Sold for
£400