H3260 - Aethelred II, the Unready
(978-1016),
Penny, 1.38g., First Hand type (c.979-c.985), Lincoln - Ulfketill,
diademed bust right, ÆÐELRED REX ANGLX, rev., the Hand of God coming
down from Heaven, alpha and omega either side, +VLFCETEL M-O LIND, (N.766;
S.1144), cut at 1 o'clock, otherwise good very fine, attractive old cabinet toning,
an old A. H. Baldwin stock ticket in the hand of Peter Mitchell,
rare.
$395
SOLD
The moneyer
Ulfketill is
otherwise only known from Aethelred II's Long Cross type onwards. There is
an obverse die match with a First Hand type of the moneyer Goding at
Lincoln, Mossop Pl. III, 2.
