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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 175

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Æthelred II "Unræd" (978-1016), 'Long Cross' Type, Penny, c. 997-1003, Cambridge, Godric, + ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLO, draped bust left, rev. + GODRIC M'O GRANT, voided long cross, additional pellet in second quarter below initial mark, 1.65g [25.46grns], 12h (Hildebrand 1182 [Type D]; SCBI 7 [Copenhagen], 379; FEJ 135 this coin; Doubleday 35; K A Jacob (Baldwin 7, 2 May 1996), lot 423 = SCMB, February 1984, Pl. 1/14 same dies; North 774; BMC IVa; Spink 1151), metal flaw to the reverse at 12 o'clock and some softness to the obverse legend in parts, otherwise a pleasing portrait, good fine, an extremely rare variety, with only five specimens recorded in the 'altered die state' by Jacob

Provenance

T Mathews, by private treaty, 1985 - £145

F Elmore-Jones, Part I, Glendining, 12-13 May 1971, lot 135* - "fine" - £20




Writing in the Seaby Coins and Medals Bulletin (February 1984, p. 38), Jacob stated: "In the Long Cross type which followed the Crux coins, Godric is recorded as having used only one pair of dies (No. 13). However, his reverse die is known in two states, the second having a pellet added under the initial cross before the name of the moneyer (No. 14). Four specimens of the coins with the die in the first state are known to me, and five in the second state."

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Sold for
£260

Starting price
£120