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Auction: 18012 - The Williams Collection Part II, Anglo-Saxon and Viking Coins
Lot: 166

(x) Aethelred II (978-1016), Penny, 1.54g, Long Cross type, Hereford, Byrstan, æÐelræd rex anglo, the ng ligate, legend begins at 7 o'clock, draped bust left, no inner circle, bust divides legend, rev. + byr hst nm'o here, the he ligate, voided long cross (SCBI 7 (Copenhagen) 430 same dies; SCBI 50 (Hermitage) 695 same reverse die; N.774; S.1151), surface cracks on reverse otherwise nearly extremely fine, rare

provenance:
Spink Numismatic Circular, May 1994, no. 3208

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£400