Coins and Historical Medals

Æthelred II (978-1016), Penny, Long Cross type, York, Wangaut, pengos m’o eof, struck from a Phase 1 Hiberno-Scandinavian obverse die, reading ædelred re+ aig’o, 1.54g/3h (BEH –; N 774; S 1151/6107). Good fine, central crack, very rare £90-£120

For a obverse die of similar style and reading see SCBI BM (Hiberno-Norse) 32. Blackburn discusses the attribution of those pennies struck from Dublin obverse and York reverse dies to the latter mint in ‘The Dublin Coinage’ p.124, BNJ 2008.