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21 March 1995
Æthelred II (978-1016), Æthelred II, Helmet type, Byrhsige, Barnstaple, bYRHSiGE M‘O BaRD, 1.45 gms (BMC viii; N. 775; S. 1152). Almost extremely fine, with an outstanding portrait, a rare type of this moneyer for the mint (£400-600)
Hammer Price: £680
Æthelred II (978-1016), Æthelred II, Helmet type, Leofstan, Canterbury, LEOFSTLN M-O CÆNT, 1.38 gms. Obverse struck from rusty dies and weak, fine, reverse better (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £100
Æthelred II (978-1016), Æthelred II, Helmet type, Carla, Exeter, CaRLa M˙O ELXE, 1.05 gms. Struck from a worn and rusty obverse die, centres very weak, fine, reverse better (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £75
Æthelred II (978-1016), Æthelred II, Helmet type, Eadwold, London, EADPOLD M-O LVN, with cross pattée in second and fourth quarter of reverse cross, 1.24 gms.Cracked and repaired (5 o’clock), otherwise almost very fine (£120-140)
Hammer Price: £110
Æthelred II (978-1016), Æthelred II, Helmet type, Ælfric, Norwich, ELFRiC M-o NOR, 1.10 gms. Very fine, a little buckled (£80-120)
Hammer Price: £150
Æthelred II (978-1016), Æthelred II, Helmet type, Æthelric, Shaftesbury, Ædelric m-o sceft,1.25 gms. About extremely fine, with excellent portrait, some minor obverse peck marks, rare (£300-400)
Hammer Price: £320
Æthelred II (978-1016), Æthelred II, Helmet type, Swertgar, Stamford, Spertgar m-o san, 1.39 gms. A little weak in places, about very fine (£120-150)
Æthelred II (978-1016), Æthelred II, Helmet type, Eadwine, Thetford, eripinE MO DE, annulets in third and fourth quarter of reverse cross, 1.11 gms. Extremely fine, practically as struck (£400-500)
Hammer Price: £460
Æthelred II (978-1016), Æthelred II, Helmet type, Wulfnoth, Winchester, pvlfnod mo pint, 1.32 gms. Almost very fine, with a small hairline crack (2 o’clock) (£80-100)
Æthelred II (978-1016), Æthelred II, Helmet type, Ira, York, ire m-o eofrpi, 1.40 gm. About very fine, but some tooling apparent, plugged and artificially toned to disguise repair (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £60
Æthelred II (978-1016), Æthelred II, Last Small Cross type, First Issue, Godwine, Cissbury, godpine in sidmes, 1.03 gms (BMC i; N. 777; S. 1154). With chip to rim and hairline crack (2 o’clock) showing some daylight, but otherwise very fine, with old collectors number (16) in Indian ink on the reverse, extremely rare, possibly the only example of this type and moneyer for the mint known outside Scandinavia (£800-1,200)
Hammer Price: £620
Æthelred II (978-1016), Æthelred II, Last Small Cross type, Last Issue, Osgar, Derby, oscar on dorby, Southern B style bust, pellet in fourth quarter of reverse cross, 1.66 gms. Almost extremely fine and extremely rare (£400-500)
Hammer Price: £700
Æthelred II (978-1016), Æthelred II, Last Small Cross type, Last Issue, Byrhstan, Exeter, byrhstan on eaxe, “South Western” style bust, 0.94 gms. With hairline crack (11 o’clock), showing one tiny spot of daylight, otherwise about very fine, reverse double struck (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £80
Æthelred II (978-1016), Æthelred II, Last Small Cross type, Last Issue, Onlaf, Lewes, onlaf mon lepe, “South Eastern” style bust, 1.13 gms. Almost extremely fine, the moneyer extremely rare (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £190
Æthelred II (978-1016), Æthelred II, Last Small Cross type, Othgrim, Lincoln, odgrim on lingl, 1.67 gms. Better than fine, but bust very weak, and rather creased (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £50
Æthelred II (978-1016), Æthelred II, Last Small Cross type, Ælfnoth, London, elenod mΩn lvnd, 1.15 gms. Very fine or better, slightly buckled (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £90
Æthelred II (978-1016), Æthelred II, Last Small Cross type, Goda, Lydford, GODA On LYDAFOl, 1.34 gms. Some patches of weakness, about very fine, peck marks on reverse (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £140
Æthelred II (978-1016), Æthelred II, Last Small Cross type, Oswold, Norwich, OZPOLD Mo NOnRD, 1.23 gms. Cracked (8 o’clock) and poorly struck, fine or better (£60-80)
Æthelred II (978-1016), Æthelred II, Last Small Cross type, Godwine, Rochester, GODPINE M-ON ROFEc, 1.38 gms. Has been cleaned, otherwise very fine and very rare (£250-350)
Hammer Price: £230
Æthelred II (978-1016), Æthelred II, Last Small Cross type, Last Issue, Godric, Stamford, GODRiC M-O STANF, with crosses around reverse cross, ‘Lincoln and York’ style bust, 1.12gms (N. 779; Hild Ac). About extremely fine and a very rare variety (£400-600)
Hammer Price: £430
Æthelred II (978-1016), Æthelred II, Last Small Cross type, Last Issue, Eadwine, Thetford, EDPINE MΩO ON DEO, ‘East Anglian’ style bust, 1.20 gms. Very fine, but with peck mark in front of face (£120-150)
Æthelred II (978-1016), Æthelred II, Last Small Cross type, Last Issue, Walgist, Thetford, PELGIST MON DEOD, with four crosses around reverse cross, ‘East Anglian’ style bust, 1.34 gms (BMC 386 [pl. xvi, 13], different dies; N. 779; Hild. Ac, 3825). About very fine, but some patches of weakness to marginal legends and a little buckled, very rare (£300-400)
Hammer Price: £250
Æthelred II (978-1016), Æthelred II, Last Small Cross type, Ælfsige, Winchester, æLFSiGE ON PINCES, ‘Winchester’ style bust, 1.47 gms. Very fine (£80-100)
Vikings in York: Cnut, Quatrefoil type, Æthelric, Bath, æDELRIC ON BADA, ‘Bath B’ style bust, 1.13 gms (BMC viii; N. 781; S. 1157). With some corrosion on obverse, tiny chip to rim (2 o’clock) and reverse double struck, otherwise good very fine, with an excellent portrait, rare (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £130
Cnut (1016-1035), Quadrefoil type, Ælfwig, Cambridge, æLFPI M-O GRA, ‘Thetford Al’ style bust, 1.29 gms. Buckled slightly, otherwise good very fine, with an excellent portrait, very rare (£300-400)
Hammer Price: £240
Cnut (1016-1035), Quatrefoil type, Swegen, Chester, SPEGN ON LEi, ‘Chester’ style bust, 1.07 gms. Very fine, rare (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £160
Cnut (1016-1035), Quadrefoil type, Wulfwine, Colchester, pulfpine o col, ‘Thetford A’ style bust, 0.89 gms. Good very fine, pleasing portrait (£200-300)
Vikings in York: Cnut, Quadrefoil type, Winas, Crewkerne, pinas on crvc, ‘Exeter’ style bust, 1.06 gms (SCBI American Collections 489, this coin; BMC 45 and SCBI Copenhagen 300-1, same dies). Good very fine, typical “Exeter” style, traces of overstriking on a coin of the same type. With the exception of BMC 45 and another Penny (FEJ 221) of this type and mint (both die duplicates) the only coin of this excessively rare mint recorded outside Scandinavia (£1,200-1,600)
Hammer Price: £1,950
Cnut (1016-1035), Quatrefoil type, Leofstan, Dover, LEOFSTAn DOF, ‘London’ style bust 0.93 gms. Good very fine, portrait pleasing, rare (£150-200)
Cnut (1016-1035), Quatrefoil type, Wulfric, Hertfort, PVFERiC on RET, ‘London B’ style bust, 0.92 gms. Good very fine, slightly buckled, very rare (£200-300)
Cnut (1016-1035), Quatrefoil type, Æthelstan, Huntingdon, æDLSTAN M HVn, ‘Thetford’ style bust, 1.46 gms. Rather buckled, otherwise better than very fine and very rare (£200-300)
Hammer Price: £260
Cnut (1016-1035), Quatrefoil type, Ædric, Ipswich, Edric mΩo gip, ‘London’ style bust, 1.02 gms. Extremely fine, portrait sharp and pleasing, rare (£180-220)
Cnut (1016-1035), Quatrefoil type, Osgot, Lincoln, OSGVT MO LInco, ‘Lincoln’ style bust, 1.02 gms. Very fine (£80-100)
Cnut (1016-1035), Quatrefoil type, Eadwine, London, EADPINE ON LVNDEN, ‘London’ style bust, 0.97 gms. A little buckled, otherwise better than very fine, some peck marks both sides (£100-120)
Cnut (1016-1035), Quatrefoil type, Æthelwine, Maldon, æDELPINE MæLDV, ‘London’ style bust, 0.99 gms (FEJ 564, different dies). Nearly extremely fine, slightly buckled, dark patina, possibly artificial, extremely rare (350-450)
Hammer Price: £650
Cnut (1016-1035), Quatrefoil type, Leofnoth, Northampton, LEOFNAD mO HA, ‘Northampton A’ style bust, 1.00 gms. Of typical barbarous Northampton style, very fine, very rare (£300-400)
Hammer Price: £360
Cnut (1016-1035), Quatrefoil type, Manna, Norwich, MANA MΩO no, ‘London’ style bust, 0.92 gms. Very fine and rare (£150-200)
Cnut (1016-1035), Quatrefoil type, Godwine, Rochester, GODPiNE ON ROF, ‘London’ style bust, 1.14 gms. Signs of double striking, otherwise about extremely fine and rare (£200-300)
Cnut (1016-1035), Quatrefoil type, Goldus, Salisbury, GOLDVS ON SERB, ‘Exeter’ style bust, 1.15 gms. About very fine, minor peck marks on obverse, rare (£150-200)
Cnut (1016-1035), Quatrefoil type, Wulfred, Shrewsbury, PVLFRED ON ZCLOB, ‘Shrewsbury’ style bust, 1.12 gms (SCBI Mack 1077, this coin). Very fine and rare (£150-200)
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