LATE ANGLO SAXON, Aethelred II, (978-1016), silver penny, CRVX type issued 991-997, obv. AEDELRED REX ANGLOX, bust with sceptre to left, rev. AELFSTAN MO EAXE (Aelfstan of Exeter) with short cross voided and C R V X in angles, (S.1148, N.770, BMC IIIa). Extremely fine.
Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 78, lot 1916. Previously F. Elmore Jones Collection, Glendinings 12-13 May 1971 (lot 280 and from B.A. Seaby Ltd with ticket by Frank Purvey, purchased in 1975 from Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin, April 1975 (No.H4904).