ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.31 g, 10h). Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). Norwich mint; Eadwacer, moneyer. Struck circa 1009-1016. Good VF.

CNG Feature Auction 127
Lot: 1007.
Closing Date: Sep 18 2024 11:00 ET

The Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, Silver

Estimate: $ 400

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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.31 g, 10h). Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). Norwich mint; Eadwacer, moneyer. Struck circa 1009-1016. Diademed and draped bust left / + EΛDPΛCR O NORÐP, small cross pattée. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 1008 (same dies); North 777; SCBC 1154. Rich iridescent toning, a few peck marks. Good VF.

From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Vecchi 13 (4 September 1998), lot 1673; G.V. Doubleday (Glendining’s, 6 October 1987), lot 382; Duke of Argyll Collection.

Mints continued to strike pennies carrying the types of the Last Small Cross during the tumultuous fighting of 1013-1016. In 1013, Aethelred II fled England to Normandy as an exile when Svend Forkbeard invaded in force. But Svend died the next year; the Danish army proclaimed Cnut king; and Aethelred and his son Edmund Ironside mounted an effort to recover England in 1014-1016. Aethelred died on April 23, 1016. Edmund Ironside and Cnut agreed to a partition of England by a treaty after Cnut’s victory at Assandun (October 18, 1016). Edmund died prematurely a month later so that Cnut succeeded to the entirety of the English kingdom.

The final winners of all CNG Feature Auction 127 lots will be determined during the live online sale that will be held on 17-18 September 2024. This lot is in Session Four, which will begin 18 September at 2 PM ET.

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