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Auction: 18012 - The Williams Collection Part II, Anglo-Saxon and Viking Coins
Lot: 150

(x) Aethelred II (978-1016), Penny, 1.46g, Long Cross type, Barnstaple, Brysige, + æÐelræd rex anglo, ng ligate, pellet in o, legend begins at 7 o'clock, draped bust left, no inner circle, bust breaks legend, rev. + byr hsig em·o bard, voided long cross, (N.774; S.1151; SCBI 50 (St Petersburg) 594 same dies), crack in centre and other splits, peckmarks, otherwise good very fine, very rare

provenance:
Purchased from Baldwin, July 1994
Peter Seaby collection
Brettell, Glendining, 18 June 1975, lot 417, £50
Lord Grantley, part 3, Glendining, 22-23 March 1944, lot 1126
L A Lawrence collection, sold privately to Lord Grantley

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