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LOT 3826
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 991-997. Canterbury mint; Leofstan, moneyer. Crux type (BMC iiia, Hild. C).
✠ ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLO (NG ligate), draped bust to left; trefoil-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ LEOFSTAN M-O CÆNT, voided cross with C-R-V-X in angles. North 770; SCBC 1148. 1.35gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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