430, Lot: 518. Estimate $200. Sold for $380. 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 (20mm, 1.89 g, 3h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Bath mint; Wynstan, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. Draped bust left; pellet behind / + PY • NSTΛ N M'Θ BΛÐ, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends. Grinsell 5; SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 28; North 774; SCBC 1151. VF, toned, a few peck marks, areas of weak strike on reverse.