Extremely Rare Intermediate Small Cross Type

CNG 85, Lot: 1464. Estimate $2500. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.70 g, 12h). Intermediate Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. D). Wilton mint; Sæwine, moneyer. Struck circa 997. + ÆDELRÆD REX Λ(NG)L(ORX), diademed and draped bust left / + SÆPINE M–O PILTVN, small cross pattée. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 1315 (same rev. die); Hild. 4019 var. (MOΩ not M–O); BMC -; North 773; SCBC 1150. Good Fine, toned, struck from worn dies, slight wave in flan. Extremely rare.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection.

The Intermediate Small Cross issue is known for only eight South Western mints: Barnstaple, Gloucester, Ilchester, Malmesbury, Oxford, Wilton, Winchcombe, Winchester, and Worcester.