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Auction: 26005 - British and World Coins and Medals: The Martin J Waldron Collection of English Coins
Lot: 437

Æthelred II 'Unræd' (978-1016), "Agnus Dei" Penny, Autumn 1009, Salisbury, Sæwine, [+ ÆTHELRED REX] ANGLOR, Lamb of God right, rev. [+ SÆ]PINE ON S[EREBYRI], Holy Dove flying skywards, [Spink XRF: 96.58% Ag], 1.098g [16.94grns], 8h (PAS HAMP-893E5D = EMC 2025.0467 this coin; MEC 8, 1946 same dies; North 776; BMC X; S.1156), a large but stable and legible fragment approximately 60-65% complete, nevertheless field toned, struck details very fine, a righteously celebrated and seismically important Anglo-Saxon rarity, especially so with a secure English find-spot with fewer than thirty examples of this series officially known

Provenance

Found near Winchester, 13 December 2025

~ Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum, ref. EMC 2025.0467 ~

~ Recorded with the British Museum, ref. HAMP-893E5D ~

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Estimate
£2,000 to £3,000

Starting price
£1500