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Auction: 24004 - British and World Coins and Medals Spring Auction
Lot: 25

(x) Æthelred II ‘Unræd’ (978-1016), ‘Long Cross’ Type, Penny, 997-1003, Winchester, Godman, +ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLO, NG ligated, bare-headed and draped bust left, hair made up of fifteen strands, pellet behind neck, four horizontal folds to drapery, no inner circle or sceptre, rev. +•GODEMAN M'O PINT, NM ligated, voided long cross with pellet in centre and triple crescent ends, 1.71g [26.4grns], 4h (Hildebrand 4224, Type D [a.5 variety]; SCBI 7 [Copenhagen Part II], 1390 same dies, [and, 1391-1392]; SCBI 20 [Mack], 968 same dies; SCBI 25 [Helsinki], -; SCBI 36 [Berlin], 457 no die link; SCBI 50 [Hermitage Part I], -; SCBI 51 [Estonia], 287 no die link; SCBI 52 [Uppsala], 267 no die link; SCBI 65 [Norwegian Part I], 818 no die link; North 774; BMC IVa [Coll. no. 377, no die link]; Spink 1151), crinkled and peck marks, softly struck to peripheries, a bolder fine to approaching very fine

Provenance

The Steve J Green Collection of Anglo-Saxon Coins [with his tickets and envelope]

"The Decades Collection", Noble Numismatics Sale 111, 5 April 2016, lot 1381 - AUD260

W H Lampard, Noble Numismatics Sale 78B, 6 April 2005, lot 1917

Colin McNaught (Wellington, New Zealand), by private treaty, circa 1960


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Sold for
£200

Starting price
£120