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, Ingolf, “Niwan”, igvlf m-o nivap, 1.16 gms. Almost extremely fine, the only known specimen of this moneyer, and second known coin of this type for the mint (£3,000-4,000)

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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A similar coin reading nipan of the moneyer Æthelstan, now in the BritishMuseum, was in the Elmore Jones collection (586-£780). Dolley discussed this coin at length (BNJ 1955, pp.92-99) and offered Newport (Monmouthshire) and Newport (Shropshire) as possible mints. The former is more plausible as the coin is of Dolley and Talvio’s ‘Southern A’ style, not known north of Warwick (cf. BNJ Dolley & Talvio, BNJ 1977, p.56, no. 154)