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Two Rare Intermediate Small Cross / Crux Mules

CNG 85, Lot: 1462. Estimate $1500.
Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.64 g, 3h). Intermediate Small Cross/Crux type mule (BMC iii, Hild Cb). Winchester mint; Beorhtmer, moneyer. Struck circa 995-997. + ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG)L(OR)X, diademed and draped bust left / + BУRHTMÆR M–O PIN, voided short cross; C R V X in angles. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 1368 (same rev. die); Hild. 4158; BMC -; North p. 159, n. 312; SCBC 1150/1148. Good VF, iridescent toning, peck marks. Rare mule.


From the Marie Karlsson Collection.