Auction: 25007 - … British and World Coins and Medals featuring The Oriole Collection of Gold and Silver English Coins
Lot: 239
Æthelred II 'Unræd' (978-1016), 'Long Cross' Type, Penny, 997-1003, Canterbury, Leofric, + ÆDELRÆD REX ANGLOX, draped bust left, rev. + LEOFRIC M-O CÆNT, voided long cross, 1.62g [25.1grns], 3h (FEJ 155 same dies; SCBI 12 [Ashmolean] 515-516; SCBI 16 [Norweb], 180 this coin; BEH 208; North 774; BMC IVA [Coll. 29]; S.1151), light peck marks to reverse, otherwise richly and deeply cabinet toned, extremely fine, an excellent cabinet coin
Provenance
Spink, 6013, 29 June 2006, lot 325
Emery May Norweb, Spink 56, 19 November 1986, lot 796
New Netherlands Coin Co. (New York), by private treaty, April 1953
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Estimate
£300 to £400
Starting price
£250