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Auction: 19004 - Coins and Commemorative Medals: Spring Auction
Lot: 73

Aethelred II (978-1016), Penny, Wareham or Warwick, Byrhsige, 1.58g, + æðelræd rex anglo, diademed and draped bust left, rev. + byrhsige mo þæri, voided long cross (N J Ebsworth, BNJ XXXIV {1965}, pp. 74, no. 13, this coin, and plate V, 14/O, same dies; SCBI XX {Mack}, 960 - "Wareham", same dies; Hild. 3870; N.774; BMC IVa; S.1151), scattered peck marks, otherwise very fine, very rare, only eight examples traced

provenance
Purchased Baldwin, 19 February 1980 - "EF -" - £250 (with ticket in hand of Mitchell)
N J Ebsworth collection (with his 'die duplicate' ticket)


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Sold for
£550