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Aethelred II 'Longcross' Silver Penny Shaftesbury
Reference:B0313
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Aethelred II Silver Penny
Longcross
Ælfwine on Shaftesbury
1.77g 19.7mm
Spink - 1151
North - 774
£835.00
Obverse:
ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLO. Bare head bust l.
Reverse:
ÆLFPINE MO SCEFT. Voided longcross terminating in three crescents, pellet to centre
Crimped with a few peckmarks otherwise very fine, dark tone and very rare. Only 1 example of this moneyer at Shaftesbury in SCBI or EMC - SCBI 7 Copenhagen - number 1076 (same dies).
Ex Dr Burstal Collection, Glendining Auction, 15 May 1968 - Lot 18 (Part)
Ex Duke of Argyll Collection [purchased en bloc by Spink, 1949] with his ticket noting bt Spink and not in British Museum collection.
B0313
Data sheet
- Metal
- Silver
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