Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 1252. Estimate $300. Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004. Sold For $450. 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 (1.45 gm). Long cross type, circa 997-1003. London mint; Edsige, moneyer. +ÆDELRÆD REX ANGLO, bare-headed bust left; pellet by neck / +•ED:SIGE M'O L•VND, voided long cross with triple-crescent ends. SCBI 30, 448 (this coin); SCBI Copenhagen 787; BMC 237; North 774; SCBC 1151. EF, iridescent toning, small central flan crack, peck marks on reverse. ($300)
Ex John W. Garrett Collection (Numismatic Fine Arts & Leu, 16-18 October 1984), lot 759; purchased Thomas Elder, 23 March 1921 (includes collection ticket).