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Byrhsige at Winchester Mint

LOT 3745

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Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 1003-1009. Winchester mint; Byrhsige moneyer. Helmet type (BMC viii, Hild. E).

✠ [Æ]ÐELRED REX ΛNGL • (NG ligate), armoured bust to left, wearing radiate helmet / ✠ BY-RHSI-[G]E Mⵙ PINT, voided long cross with triple-crescent ends and pellet at centre; in each quarter, trefoil on pile. North 775; SCBC 1152. 1.43gr, 19mm, 9h.

Good Very Fine. Pierced.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

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