The Collection of Anglo-Saxon and Earlier Hammered Coins formed by the late Captain 'Peter' Arnot

Æthelred II (978-1016), Æthelred II, First Hand type, Beorhtulf, Barnstaple, beorhtvlf m-o bard, 1.62 gms (BMC iia; N. 766; S. 1144). Obverse rather double struck and portrait weak, otherwise fine, reverse with surface cracks but better, very rare, moneyer not listed by Hildebrand nor represented in the National Museum Copenhagen and excessively rare (250-350)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Anglo-Saxon and Earlier Hammered Coins formed by the late Captain 'Peter' Arnot.

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Ex. Brettell (lot 409) collection. The moneyer only known for this type