| Spink > Auction 24004 | Auction date: 4 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 24 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), 'Long Cross' Type, Penny, 997-1003, Wilton, Saewine, +ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLORX, NG and ORX ligated, small bare-headed and draped bust left, hair with fourteen strands, pellet behind neck, six horizontal folds to drapery, no inner circle or sceptre, rev. +SÆPINE M-O PILT, NE ligated, voided long cross with pellet in centre and triple crescent ends, 1.67g [25.8grns], 4h (Hildebrand 4018, Type D [a.10 variety]; SCBI 7 [Copenhagen Part II], 1319 same obverse die, and [1317-1318 no die links]; SCBI 9 [Oxford, Part I], 586 no die link; SCBI 17 [Midland], 261 no die link; SCBI 25 [Helsinki], 342 no die link; SCBI 36 [Berlin], 453 same obverse die, and [451-452 no die links]; SCBI 50 [Hermitage Part I], 928 no die link; SCBI 51 [Estonia], -; SCBI 52 [Uppsala], 264 no die link; SCBI 65 [Norwegian, Part I], 811 no die link; MEC 8 [Fitzwilliam], 1919 same reverse die; North 774; BMC IVa [Coll. no. 347]; Spink 1151), peck marks and discolouration spots, otherwise lightly toned, a wholesome and pleasing very fine, a scarcer provincial mint. Provenance, The Steve J Green Collection of Anglo-Saxon Coins [with his tickets and envelope], Allan Williams, Part IV, Spink 19026, 29 January 2019, lot 585 - £300, Baldwins, by private treaty, July 1994, Estimate: £240 - £300 |  |
