H4227 - Aethelred II, the Unready (978-1016), Silver Penny, 1.34g., Small Crux type


	H4227 - Aethelred II, the Unready (978-1016), Silver Penny, 1.34g., Small Crux type (c.995-c.997), Canterbury - Leofric, bare-headed bust left with sceptre, ÆÐELRED REX ANGLORX, rev., short cross voided CRVX in the angles, +LEOFRIC M-O CAENT (Hildebrand Ca; N.770 see page 161; S.1148), frayed at edge, contemporary defacement with blade point on obverse,good very fine, toned, a good example of a very rare sub-type. $795 SOLD A. H. Baldwin stock ticket written in the hand of Peter Mitchell (1933-) retired 1997. This rare sub-type of the Crux type was struck at a handful of mints towards the end of the issue and perhaps reflects a period of administrative uncertainty before the introduction of the Long Cross type. The type is distinguished by small dies struck on small flans to a lower weight standard than the regular type. The lettering and style of the bust are also distinctive. Metcalf suggests that there are less than 200 specimens known, equivalent to 5% of the total known specimens of Crux