Details
LOT 2559
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Aethelred II - Winchester / Brihtsige - Long Cross AR Penny 997-1003 A.D.
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.(1.75 grams.).
Provenance
Ex Alfa Numismatics, Auction 11, lot 47.
Literature
S. 1151; N. 774; SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 1365; SCBI 42 (South-Eastern Museums), 946.
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LOT 2559
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Aethelred II - Winchester / Brihtsige - Long Cross AR Penny
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
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