Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 1126. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009. Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (1.27 g, 3h). Long cross type. Exeter mint; Manna, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. + ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG)I, draped bust left; pellet behind neck / + MΛNNΛ M•O EAXE, voided long cross with pellet in center and triple crescent ends. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 203 var. (obv. legend); Brettell,
Exeter 99 (this coin); BMC -; North 774; SCBC 1151. Near EF, toned, minor area of horn silver on reverse.
Ex R.P.V. Brettell Collection (Glendining's, 28 October 1970), lot 99; Stephen Simpson Collection.