GF10 - Aethelred II, the Unready (978-1016), Silver Penny, 1.32g., CRVX type (c.991-c.997), London - Godwine, bare-headed bust left with sceptre, AEÐELRED REX ANGLORX, rev., short cross voided CRVX in the angles, +GODPINE MO LVN, (N.770; S.1148), good very fine, deep iridescent toning, only three previous owners in the last 100+ years. $1195 SOLD

 

Provenance:

William C. Boyd Collection, Baldwin's Auctions (42), 26 September 2005 (ticket included, reinforced with tape).

Purchased by Boyd from the Hyman Montagu (c.1845-95) Collection, Sotheby's 11 May 1896, lot 16 (part).