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Auction: 19006 - British, Indian and Islamic Coins: Autumn Auction
Lot: 191

Aethelred II (978-1016), Penny, Last Small Cross type, Canterbury, Godric, 1.46g, 6h, + æðelræd rex angl•, diademed and draped bust left, rev. + godric on cæntþar, small cross pattée, four additional pellets at terminals (SCBI 51 (Estonia) 374 same dies, albeit reverse die altered with the addition of pellets; Parsons (1917), pp. 27, P5; Hildebrand type A var. c; BMC I var.; N.780; S.1154), light flan crimping, and once lightly cleaned, otherwise a bolder very fine, the mint signature unusually full, the variety very rare

Provenance
Spink 186, 30 November 2006, lot 530

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Sold for
£320

Starting price
£150