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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 316

Æthelræd II 'Unræd' (978-1016), 'Crux' Type, Penny, 991-997, Exeter, Ælfstan, + ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLORX, NG and ORX ligated, taller bare headed bust left, disappearing into inner circle, four horizontal folds to drapery, trefoil-tipped sceptre before, within inner circle, rev. + ÆLFSTAN M¯O EAXE, short voided cross with C, R, V, X, in angles within inner circle, commencing from second quarter, 1.554g [23.98grns], 3h (BEH 467 [Type C]; R P V Brettell 16 same dies; FEJ 280; North 770; BMC IIIa, 49; S.1148), light wear to high points, otherwise cabinet toned on a pleasingly broad, round flan, very fine, scarce

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The John Noel Simpson Collection of English, Irish and Hiberno-Norse Coins


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