Home > Auctions >
23rd May 2023 > Anglo-Saxon Coins - Aethelred II - Winchester / Brihtsige - Long Cross AR Penny
Print page | Email lot to a friend
Back to previous pageUse mousewheel to zoom in and out, click to enlarge
Gallery loading...
ANGLO-SAXON COINS - AETHELRED II - WINCHESTER / BRIHTSIGE - LONG CROSS AR PENNY
997-1003 A.D.
(1.75 grams.).
997-1003 A.D.
(1.75 grams.).
BMC type IVa. Obv: profile bust with +ÆÐELRED REX ΛNGLO legend. Rev: long voided cross with each limb terminating in three crescents dividing +BYR HSIG EMΩO PINT legend for the moneyer Brihtsige at Winchester mint. Very fine; slightly double struck.
PROVENANCE:
Ex Alfa Numismatics, Auction 11, lot 47.
LITERATURE:
S. 1151; N. 774; SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 1365; SCBI 42 (South-Eastern Museums), 946.
