Aethelred II 'CRUX' Silver Penny Wallingford
Aethelred II Silver Penny
CRUX
Ælthelwerd on Wallingford
1.69g 20.4mm
Spink - 1148
North - 770
Obverse:
ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLOX. Bust l. sceptre in front.
Reverse:
ÆÐELPERD M¯O PELI. Voided short cross, CRVX in angles.
Slightly crimped, peckmarks and minor edge split otherwise very fine, toned and exceptionally rare. This moneyer at Wallingford not represented in any SCBI collection or listed on the EMC.
Ex W.C. Boyd Collection, Baldwin Auction, 26 Sep 2005 - Lot 817 (Realised £520 Inc. BP.)
Ex Spink Numismatic Circular, Feb 1900 - No. 60119
This coin is listed in Boyd's article on unpublished Saxon coins in The Numismatic Chronicle "This well-known moneyer is recorded by Hildebrand as striking this type at Hertford and Sudbury, the British Museum has one struck in London, and Wallingford can now be added to the list."
Boyd, W.C., (1900) 'Some Unpublished Varieties of Saxon Coins' The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society, Third Series, Vol. 20, pg. 267-268
Data sheet
- Metal
- Silver
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