H4505 - Viking Imitation, Scandinavia or the greater Baltic region, copying England, Aethelred II, the Unready (978-1016), Silver Penny, 1.43g., imitating CRVX type


H4505 - Viking Imitation, Scandinavia or the greater Baltic region, copying England, Aethelred II, the Unready (978-1016), Silver Penny, 1.43g., imitating CRVX type (c.991-c.997), bare-headed bust left with sceptre, rev., short cross voided CRVX in the angles, (cf. N.770; cf. S.1148; dies not recorded in Malmer CNS 4 (Sigtuna) or 9 (Lund)), crude die work, almost extremely fine, toned. $2495 SOLD Provenance: B. A. Seaby Ltd stock ticket in the hand of 'Bert' Seaby (1898-1979). A well executed imitation of good weight whose style is somewhat reminiscent of the earliest Swedish coinage from Sigtuna. The dies are however unrecorded in Malmer's study of the Sigtuna mint and also the Lund mint.