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Auction: 24124 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 36: British and World Coins and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 1514

(x) Æthelræd II 'Unræd' (978-1016), 'Long Cross' Type, Penny, 997-1003, Exeter, Dunstan, + ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGL, NG ligate, bare headed bust (short broad head with jutting chin) left to edge of flan, short hair made up of fifteen strands, six horizontal folds to drapery, pellet behind neck, no inner circle or sceptre, rev. + DV.NSTAN M'O EAXE, voided long cross with pellet in centre and triple crescent ends dividing legend, 1.38g [21.30grns], 1h (Hildebrand 507 [Type D]; SCBI 2 [Glasgow, Part I], 848 same reverse die; SCBI 9 [Oxford], 521-522 same dies; SCBI 25 [Helsinki], 195-196 same dies; Brettell 47 same dies; Dr Brian Bird 143; North 774; BMC IVa; S.1151), crimping stresses to periphery, with occasional peck marks, otherwise toned, a bolder very fine, the only type known for this moneyer

Provenance

The Steve J Green Collection of Anglo-Saxon Coins [with his tickets and envelope]

Spink 238, 27 June 2016, lot 1099 - £320


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Sold for
£520

Starting price
£200