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LOT 2231
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Aethelred II - London / Wulfstan - Long Cross Penny 997-1003 A.D.
BMC type iva. Obv: profile bust with +ÆÐELRÆDREXANGLO legend. Rev: long voided cross dividing +PVL FSTA NM-O LVND legend for the moneyer Wulfstan at London mint. Good very fine.(1.31 grams.).
Provenance
Found near Hemingstone, Suffolk, UK.
Property of a Kent collector.
Literature
S 1151; N. 774.
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LOT 2231
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Aethelred II - London / Wulfstan - Long Cross Penny
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
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