ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (19mm, 1.37 g, 9h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Stamford mint; Æscwig, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003.

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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (19mm, 1.37 g, 9h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Stamford mint; Æscwig, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. Draped bust left; pellet behind neck / + ΛS CPGE MΩΘ STΛ, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends. SCBI 25 (Helsinki), 331 (same dies); North 774; SCBC 1151. Toned, areas of weak strike, peck marks, scrape, other minor marks. Near VF.

From the Allan Williams Collection. Ex Ahlström 50 (19 November 1994), lot 19.


Closing Date and Time: 6 January 2021 at 13:54:20 ET.

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