375, Lot: 813. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (19.5mm, 1.73 g, 9h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Grantabricge (Cambridge) mint; Ælfric, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. Draped bust left; pellet behind neck / + ÆL FRIC M’O G RANT, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 367; North 774; SCBC 1151. VF, light iridescent tone, peck marks.
From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.