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Signature Sale 3029 14-16 January 2014
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Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection of World Coins. Kings of All England. Æthelred II (978-1016) Penny c.991-97, Exeter mint, North-770, S-1148, Edric as moneyer, MS61 NGC. Obv. + ÆÐELRED REX ΛNGLOX, bare-headed bust left, a scepter held in front. Rev. + EDRIC M-O EΛXE, voided short cross with C R V X in angles. Luster is just visible beneath the thick olive patina on this example. The strike is even and well-centered on a good flan with a minor flaw at 11 o'clock and a peckmark just above the scepter. Æthelred is notorious as the first English king to agree to pay the Danegeld, the result being that a large proportion of extant Anglo-Saxon pence of this period were recovered in Scandinavia rather than England.
Estimate: 750-1000 USD
Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection of World Coins. Kings of All England. Æthelred II (978-1016) Penny c.991-97, Exeter mint, North-770, S-1148, Edric as moneyer, MS61 NGC. Obv. + ÆÐELRED REX ΛNGLOX, bare-headed bust left, a scepter held in front. Rev. + EDRIC M-O EΛXE, voided short cross with C R V X in angles. Luster is just visible beneath the thick olive patina on this example. The strike is even and well-centered on a good flan with a minor flaw at 11 o'clock and a peckmark just above the scepter. Æthelred is notorious as the first English king to agree to pay the Danegeld, the result being that a large proportion of extant Anglo-Saxon pence of this period were recovered in Scandinavia rather than England.
Estimate: 750-1000 USD