Aethelred II 'CRUX' Silver Penny Wallingford

Reference:B0380
Sold / In Basket

Aethelred II Silver Penny

CRUX

Ælthelwerd on Wallingford

1.69g 20.4mm

Spink - 1148

North - 770

Enquire
Aethelred II 'CRUX' Silver Penny WallingfordAethelred II 'CRUX' Silver Penny Wallingford£985.00

Your Query is sent.

  •     *Required Fields

Loading

£985.00
add to compare

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This coin is listed in Boyd's article on unpublished Saxon coins in The Numismatic Chronicle "This well-known moneyer is recorded by Hildebrand as striking this type at Hertford and Sudbury, the British Museum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Boyd, W.C., (1900) 'Some Unpublished Varieties of Saxon Coins' The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society, Third Series, Vol. 20, pg. 267-268

B0380

Data sheet

Metal
Silver

Specific References

check Coin added to compare.