CNG 85, Lot: 1480. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. 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 (20mm, 1.60 g, 3h). Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). Cambridge mint; Wulfsige, moneyer. Struck circa 1009-1017. +• ÆÐELRÆD REX ΛNGLΘ, diademed and draped bust left; pellet behind neck / + PVLFSIGE ΘN GRANT:, small cross pattée. SCBI 25 (Helsinki), 443 (same dies); Hild. 1210; BMC -; North 777; SCBC 1154. VF, minor die rust, a little flat in centers, peck marks on reverse.
From the Marie Karlsson Collection.