ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.26 g, 5h). Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). York mint; Sumarlithi, moneyer. Struck circa 1009-1016.

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Lot: 1115. Estimated: $ 400

British, Silver

Sold For $ 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.26 g, 5h). Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). York mint; Sumarlithi, moneyer. Struck circa 1009-1016. Diademed and draped bust left / + SVRREÐI M–O EOFRPI, small cross pattée. SCBI 36 (Berlin), 591 var. (rev. legend; same obv. die); North 777; SCBC 1154. Toned, some weakness in portrait. VF. A rare misspelling of the moneyer’s name. None in SCBI.

From the New Horizons Collection, purchased from AMR Coins. Ex Bruun Rasmussen Online Auction 1649 (4 December 2016), lot 5342.


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