Lot 2328

Description

Aethelred II, (978-1016), silver penny, small crux type, London Mint, moneyer Leofwine, (1.37 g), obv. draped bust left, large head with swept back hair, pellet before chin rather than behind neck, trefoil-tipped sceptre before cutting into drapery which has three horizontal folds, all within inner circle, +AEDELRAED REX ANGLOX around, rev. voided short cross, C R V X in angles, an extra pellet in C and X quarters, within inner circle, +LEOFWINE M-O LVN around, (S.1149, N.770var, BMC iiia). Toned, nearly very fine and rare.

Ex S.J.Green Collection. Previously CNG Auction 421, lot 737. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CXV.1 (February 2007), # HS2726. The Captain Peter Arnot Collection (Buckland, Dix, and Wood, 21 March 1995), lot 132. The Brian Bird Collection (Glendining, 20 November 1974), lot 135.