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Auction: 16019 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 1, Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins
Lot: 246

Aethelred II (978-1016), Penny, 1.11g, Last Small Cross type, London, Leofnoth, diademed bust left, rev. +LEOFNOĐ M-O LVNDE, small cross pattÉe with an E in the reverse field (N777; S1154), a thin surface crack on the reverse does not penetrate through to the obverse, light golden tone, almost very fine.

The reason for the various marks seen in the fields of this issue noted in North are unexplained. However, close examination of this particular coin suggests that it is not the letter E but the remains of drapery from an obverse die which was subsequently recut as an obverse .Worthy of further research.

PROVENANCE:
Bt. January 1956

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