Aethelred II 'Small CRUX' Silver Penny - London

Reference:B0460
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Aethelred II Silver Penny

Small CRUX

God(a) on London

1.39g 18.8mm

Spink - 1149

North - 770 Var

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Obverse:

ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGOX. Bust l. sceptre in front, which inclines to the drapery. Hair with the front part swept back at an angle to the rest, triangular eye.

 

Reverse:

GOD M¯O LVNDON. Voided short cross, CRVX in angles, the C and R at right angles to the cross, no pellets.

 

A few peckmarks otherwise about very fine, dark tone and very rare. Just 1 example of this moneyer/type listed on SCBI/EMC; SCBI 7 Copenhagen Part II - number 814.

 

From the S. Maguire Collection [bt M. Cooke May 2016]

 

For an detailed study of the small CRUX type see:

B, Stewart. (1955-57) ‘The Small Crux issue of Æthelræd II’ British Numismatic Journal, Volume 28, pg 509-17.

B0460

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