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Auction 6  30 May 2021
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Lot 44

Starting price: 50 EUR
Price realized: 110 EUR
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England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Half Penny (9mm, 0.83g, 12h). Long Cross type (BMC IVa, Hild. D). Rochester mint; uncertain moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. [+ÆÐELRED] REX ΛNGLOX, bareheaded draped bust left / [___] MΩO ROFE, long cross voided with each limb terminating in three crescents. North 774. Extremely Fine, graffiti on reverse.

The cut along the cross line indicates that this coin was cut during its circulation. According to Jonsson and Van der Meer study in "Mints and Moneyers c. 973 - 1066" moneyers that worked at the Bath mint during the Crux type period were Beorhtmær, Eadsige, Goldwine, Leofric, Siduwine and Wulfric.
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