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Auction: 26005 - British and World Coins and Medals: The Martin J Waldron Collection of English Coins
Lot: 338

(x) Æthelred II 'Unræd' (978-1016), 'Long Cross' Type, Penny, 997-1003, Thetford, Grimr, + ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLO, pelleted O re-entered, draped bust left, rev. + GRIM M•O ÐEOD, voided long cross, 1.31g [20.22grns], 6h (BEH 3753; SCBI 17 [Midlands], 254 same dies; SCBI 36 [Berlin], 442 same dies; North 774; BMC IVa; S.1151), subtly crimped and lightly peck marked, otherwise wondrously rainbow toned with rich uniform gun metal patina, a really pleasingly bold very fine, an incontestable 'eye appeal' showstopper for any budding mint collector or connoisseur alike!

Provenance

The Martin Waldron Collection of Anglo-Saxon, Norman and Plantagenet Coins


SCMB, February 1983, E76* - "about EF, toned" - £150 [with ticket]


Baldwin, by private treaty, c. 1955 [with ticket in hand of Albert Henry Baldwin]


Richard Cyril Lockett, English Part I, Glendining, 6 June 1955, lot 708 - "most extremely fine" - £9.0.0 [Baldwin]


~ BNS Lockett Manuscript, Vol. 9, p. 18 ~


W S Lincoln & Son, by private treaty - "Ex F" - £0.8.6


Possibly:


"Property of a Gentleman", Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 7-8 March 1894, lot 62 [part] - £2.8.0 [Lincoln]

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£300 to £400

Starting price
£280