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Auction: 23004 - Ancient and British Coins - Featuring the 'White Rose' Collection
Lot: 409

Æthelred II (978-1016), 'Long Cross' Type, Penny, 997-1003, Rochester, Eadsige, + ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLORX, draped bust left, rev. + EDSIGE MQO ROFEC, voided long cross, 1.67g [25.8grns], 12h (FEJ 669 same dies; SCBI 7, 1062; SCBI 20 [Mack], 954 same dies; BEH 3285; North 774; BMC IVa [no. 305] Spink 1151), a few peck marks to otherwise handsomely cabinet toned surfaces with further iridescent flare in recesses, struck on a pleasingly round and subtly crimped flan, extremely fine, seldom encountered in this state, particularly for this scarce provincial mint and with this level of eye appeal

Provenance

Spink, by private treaty, 1978 - £135 [ticket humorously annotated 'Bought in Patrick Finn's office']

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