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431193. Sold For $1150

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (19mm, 1.27 g, 4h). Long Cross type (BMC IVa, Hild. D). Rumenea (Romney) mint; Leofwine, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. + ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG), draped bust left; pellet behind neck / + LE OFPI (NE) M’ O RV, voided long cross with pellet in center and triple crescent ends. V.J. Smart, “A Subsidiary Issue of Æthelred II’s Long Cross,” BNJ XXXIV (1965), 50; SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 1072; BMC –; North 774, note 313; SCBC 1151. Near EF, toned, some green deposits, tiny edge crack. Rare “subsidiary issue”, particularly so of this mint.