Aethelred II 'CRUX' Silver Penny Lewes

Reference:B0434
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Aethelred II Silver Penny

CRUX

Ælfnoth on Lewes

1.60g 20.6mm

Spink - 1148

North - 770

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Obverse:

ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLOX. Bust l. sceptre in front.

 

Reverse:

ÆLFNOÐ M¯O LÆPE. Voided short cross, CRVX in angles.

 

Perkmarks otherwise very fine, toned and an extremely rare moneyer for this scarce mint. Only 1 example listed on EMC/SCBI, from the same dies - SCBI 7 Copenhagen Part II - number 449.

 

Suggested but unsubstantiated as 

Ex John Dudman Collection, Sotheby's Auction, 15 Dec 1913 - Lot 240 [part]

Ex William Allen Collection, Sotheby's Auction, 14-17 Mar 1898 - Lot 245 [part]

B0434

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Silver

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