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№ 1029

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11 October 2021

Hammer Price:
£200

Æthelred II (978-1016), Penny, Last Small Cross type, Ipswich, Leofsige, leofzige mon gipe, Ipswich C dies, reads edereed re+ aigγi+, 1.12g/4h (Sadler 254, this coin; same dies as Lyon, BNJ 1998, pl. 3, 25, SCBI Copenhagen 342 and Mack 1018; BEH 1061; N 777; S 1154). Scuffed and with a hairline fracture along inner circle, otherwise good fine £120-£150

Provenance: B.R. Osborne Collection, Glendining Auction, 23 April 1991, lot 22; M. Atkin Collection