Anglo-Viking Coinages
BRITISH COINS, Northumbria (York), Siefred, Penny, rex at ends of long Greek cross with arms terminating in serifs, rev. sief redvs around cross pattée with pellet in first and fourth quarters, 1.29g/6h (Lyon/Stewart Gp IIIc; Blackburn fig. 3, no. 1, same obv. die; SCBI Copenhagen 554 and Merseyside 361, same dies; BMC 1033, same obv. die; N 503; S 985). About extremely fine and toned, rare £1,500-2,000
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Provenance: Bt M.C.S. Rasmussen July 2010