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Auction: 402 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale at NY INC
Lot: 71

England. Late Anglo-Saxon. Aethelred II (978-1016). Penny. Northampton, moneyer: Leofsige. 1.56 gm. First Hand type. Draped diademed bust right, +AEDELRED REX ANGLOX, rev. Hand of Providence between alpha and omega issuing from clouds composed of two curved lines, +LEOFSIG M-O HAMT. N.766, S.1144. Only one example recorded in SCBI/EMC - Ashmolean Museum Collection (SCBI 19- Asmol.443). Very rare. Deep olive-gray with silver highlights. Sharp strike. Extremely Fine.

Estimate
$600 to $700

Starting price
$350