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Auction 165 4-5 Dec 2019
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The 'millennium' Hoard of Æthelred II Pennies and Cut Halfpence from Suffolk
Æthelred II (978-1016), Small CRVX type, Malmesbury, Eadred, eadred m¯o mal[?], 0.99g/4h (BEH – but note 3083; N 770 var.; S 1149). Good very fine, very rare
£600-£800
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Since most known specimens read Ealdred, this may be an unpublished variety of the moneyer's name, although Eadred and Ealdred are normally considered to be different names. The mint reading is normally mald and this coin has an uncertain letter or symbol after mal. Given the predominance of eastern mints in the hoard, making Malmesbury a geographical outlier, in this case mal might possibly represent Maldon in Essex, although on the coinage this is normally spelt mæl with an æ diphthong
Æthelred II (978-1016), Small CRVX type, Malmesbury, Eadred, eadred m¯o mal[?], 0.99g/4h (BEH – but note 3083; N 770 var.; S 1149). Good very fine, very rare
£600-£800
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Since most known specimens read Ealdred, this may be an unpublished variety of the moneyer's name, although Eadred and Ealdred are normally considered to be different names. The mint reading is normally mald and this coin has an uncertain letter or symbol after mal. Given the predominance of eastern mints in the hoard, making Malmesbury a geographical outlier, in this case mal might possibly represent Maldon in Essex, although on the coinage this is normally spelt mæl with an æ diphthong