Details
LOT 3508
England. Aethelred II AR Penny. 978-1016.
Totnes mint. Crux type, 991-997. Beorhtwine, moneyer. + ÆÐELRED REX ΛNGLOX, bare-headed draped bust to left with sceptre in front in solid inner circle / +BTRHTPINE MEO TOTA with NE ligated and E reversed, voided short cross, CRVX in angles, in solid inner circle. BEH 3838; North 770; SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 1256; SCBI 51 (Estonia), 100; SCBC 1148. Very Fine. Flan crack at 3h. Viking peck marks.(1.21gr, 12mm, 9h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
From an old UK collection;
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
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