Aethelred II (978-1016), Penny, Last Small Cross type, London, Eadmund, 1.37g, 12h, + æðelræd rex angl, diademed and draped bust left, rev. + •ea•dmvnd m-on lvn, small cross pattée (SCBI 7 (Copenhagen) 742; Hildebrand type A, 1208; BMC I; N.777; S.1154), pleasing old cabinet tone, with iridescence in reverse recesses, good very fine, albeit for light flan crimping and scattered pecking to reverse.
Provenance
Lockdales 76, 24 January 2010, lot 928
Estimate: £200 - £250