ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (19.5mm, 1.32 g, 9h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Lewes mint; Merewine, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003.

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Lot: 755. Estimated: $ 300

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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (19.5mm, 1.32 g, 9h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Lewes mint; Merewine, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. Draped bust left / + MEREPI(NE) MΩO LÆPE, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends. King 55 (this coin cited); SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 466; North 774; SCBC 1151. Richly toned, die flaw on obverse. VF.

Ex London Coins Auction 144 (2 March 2015), lot 1172; Property of a Gentleman (Spink 212, 28 March 2012), lot 377; Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin 786 (February 1984), no. E49 (yellow ticket in hand of Frank Purvey included); H. H. King Collection (bought by Baldwin's in 1975); H. A. Parsons Collection (Part 1, Sotheby & Co., 28 November 1929), lot 136.


Closing Date and Time: 26 August 2020 at 14:11:20 ET.

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