Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 2049. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. Sold For $600. 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 (1.39 g, 6h). Crux (BMC IIIa) type. Southwark mint; Aethelwerd, moneyer. Struck circa 991-997. +ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG)L(ORX), bareheaded bust left; scepter before / +ÆÐELPERÐ M–O SVÐBY, voided short cross; C R V X in angles. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 1159 (same dies); BMC -; North 770; SCBC 1148. EF, toned, a few peck marks.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 41 (19 March 1997), lot 2902; Classical Numismatic Review XX.2 (Summer 1995), no. 834; Capt. “Peter” Arnot Collection (Buckland, Dix & Wood 11, 21 March 1995), lot 123.