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Auction: 19006 - British, Indian and Islamic Coins: Autumn Auction
Lot: 190

Aethelred II (978-1016), Penny, Last Small Cross type, York, Bretakollr, 1.15g, 8h, + eðelræd r•ex angloi, diademed and draped bust left, rev. + bretecol m•_o eof, small cross pattée (SCBI 21 (Yorkshire) 118 same dies; Hildebrand type A; BMC I; N.777; S.1154), a crimped flan with a radiating perforation pursuing line of inner ring between 6 and 7 o'clock, otherwise stable, cabinet toned, fine or near so, an extremely rare 'first issue' for this moneyer more commonly associated with Cnut, only two others traced on EMC, both in institutional collections

Provenance
Baldwin 55, 7 May 2008, lot 2275

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Sold for
£130

Starting price
£80