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Auction: 16019 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 1, Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins
Lot: 245

Aethelred II (978-1016), Penny, 1.35g, Last Small Cross type, Cissbury, Ciolnoth, diademed bust left, rev. +CIOLNOĐ ON SIĐESTEB, small cross pattÉe (N777; S1154), edge cracks and a metal loss at 6-7 o’clock, dirt in devices, very fine, extremely rare.

PROVENANCE:
G V Doubleday, Glendining 6 October 1987, lot 74
Bt. Baldwin January 2001

Cissbury was an emergency mint established at the end of Ethelred’s reign when southern England was attacked by Danish invaders. A total of 39 coins are thought to exist for the mint, all being of this type except for the unique quatrefoil of Cnut in the British Museum. A very rare mint as most coins are in museum collections.

provenance
Purchased from Baldwin, January 2001
Doubleday

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Sold for
£2,500