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Auction: 16019 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 1, Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins
Lot: 230

Aethelred II (978-1016), Penny, 1.66g, Late Transitional Crux type, Winchester, ByrhtmÆr, diademed bust, no sceptre left, rev. +BYRHTMÆR MΩO PINT, short voided cross with C, R, V, X, in angles (N770; S1148var), a few peck marks to the obverse, small perforation at 2 o’clock between inner and outer circle, slightly wavy flan with little wear, good very fine, very rare.

This type is characterised by the ligated NG, the separate R and X and the copulative MΩO replacingM-O. c.f.North, p159-162.

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