Spink > Auction 24004 | Auction date: 4 April 2024 |
Lot number: 19 Price realized: 380 GBP (Approx. 478 USD / 444 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on |
Lot description: (x) Æthelred II 'Unræd' (978-1016), 'Second Hand' Type, Penny, 985-991, Canterbury, Leofing, + ÆÐELRÆÐ REX ANGLORX, ORX ligated, diademed bust right with four horizontal folds to drapery, in front sceptre with trefoil head within inner circle, rev. + LIFINC MO CÆNT, Hand of Providence (manus dei) issuing from clouds with double crescent sleeve, pellet on palm of hand, at either side Alpha and Omega with contraction bar above each, 1.49g [23.0grns], 3h (Hildebrand 231, Type B2 [a.10 variety]; SCBI 7 [Copenhagen II], 90 same dies; SCBI 25 [Helsinki] -; SCBI 36 [Berlin], -; SCBI 37 [Poland], 11 same dies; SCBI [Hermitage I] -; SCBI [Estonia] -; SCBI 65 [Norway I] -; North 768; BMC IId [Coll. -]; Spink 1146), small obverse surface crack and resultant lamination flaw, slightly creased, otherwise toned, very fine. Provenance, The Steve J Green Collection of Anglo-Saxon Coins [with his tickets and envelope], Dr John Tooze, DNW 163, 18 September 2019, lot 1028, Seaby, by private treaty, 1980, Estimate: £140 - £200 |