AETHELRED II

Aethelred II, The Unready (978-1016) - 1
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H4044 - Aethelred II (978-1016), Silver Penny, 1.57g., Long Cross type (c.997-c.1003), London - Ælfweard, bare-headed draped bust left, +ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLO rev., long cross voided +ÆÐELPEARD MO LVND, (N.774; S.1151), a few peckmarks, otherwise good very fine, toned. $595 Provenance: Ex de Wit Collection, Kunker Auction, 11 March 2008, lot 3071 (no flan crack) Purchased from Schulman, Amsterdam, 1983.
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GK3 - Aethelred II, the Unready (978-1016), Penny, 1.54g., First Hand type (c.979-c.985), London - Ælfwine, diademed bust right, ÆÐELRED REX ANGLORX, rev., the Hand of God coming down from Heaven, alpha and omega either side, +ÆLFPINE MO LVND, (N.766; S.1144), chipped at 9 and 5 o’clock, struck from a broken die, otherwise good very fine, with old cabinet toning. $495
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GF13 - Aethelred II (978-1016), Silver Penny, 1.10g., Last Small Cross type (c.1009 - c.1017), Thetford - Valgestr, diademed bust left, EÐELRED REX ANGL, rev., small cross pattée, +PALGIZT ON ĐEODI, (N.777; S.1154), single few peck mark on reverse, toned, extremely fine and of good style. $995
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	H3256 - Aethelred II, the Unready (978-1016), Penny, 1.01g., Second Hand type (c.985-991), Exeter - Goda, diademed bust right, ÆÐELRED REX ANGL,OX rev., the Hand of God coming down from Heaven, alpha and omega either side, +GOD[A] M-O AXECE, (N.768; S.1146), chipped and cracked, otherwise good very fine, attractive old cabinet toning, rare mint signature. $295 The die engraver appears to have missed the first E from the mint signature, this reading is not found in Hildebrand or the SCBI/EMC corpus. The mint signature has similarities to those of the Axbridge mint but no coins are known for this type or moneyer. The combination is however known at Exeter. A ticket in the hand of Elmore Jones, author of the corpus on the Axminster (Axbridge) mint included.
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Ex R. P. Mack Collection

H3254 - Kings of All England, Aethelred II (978-1016), Silver Penny, 1.72g., Long Cross type (c.997-c.1003), Winchester - Leofwold, bare-headed draped bust left, +ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLOX rev., long cross voided +LEOFPOLD MΩO PIN, (N.774; S.1151; SCBI 20, 970 (Mack) this coin), a few peckmarks, otherwise good very fine, toned, great provenance. $825 Provenance: Ex R. P. Mack Collection, SCBI 20, 970. Purchased from A. H. Baldwin, 1961.
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	H3240 - Aethelred II, the Unready (978-1016), Silver Penny, 0.97g., CRVX type (c.991-c.997), London - Godric, bare-headed bust left with sceptre, ÆÐELRED REX ANGLORX, rev., short cross voided CRVX in the angles, +G[ODRI]C M-O LVND, pellet on inner circle in 3rd and in each angle, as privy mark, (N.770; S.1148), chipped good very fine, toned, rare with privy mark, good provenance. $195 Provenance: A.H. Baldwin ticket in the hand of the founder A. H. Baldwin (1858-1936), later annotation in blue biro.
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H3217 - Aethelred II, the Unready (978-1016), Penny, 1.32g., First Hand type (c.979-c.985), Bedford - Ælfstan, diademed bust right, ÆÐELRED REX ANGL, rev., the Hand of God coming down from Heaven, alpha and omega either side, +ÆLFSTA[N M] O BEDA, (N.766; S.1144), chipped, otherwise good very fine, attractive old cabinet toning, rare mint. $495 SOLD
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