Description
Aethelred II (978-1016), Penny, Intermediate Small Cross/Crux type mule (c.995-997) Winchester mint, moneyer Toca, legend surrounds+ ÆÐELRÆD REX ΛNGLOR X, diademed and draped bust left within inner linear circle. Rev, short cross voided with CRUX in angles, reading + TOCΛ M–O PINT, voided short cross, 1.63g (S.1150/1148; N.773 : note. 312; SCBI 7 : Copenhagen 1434; BMC I, mule).
Obverse a good fine, with a crudely struck portrait ,some peckmarks both sides. Reverse, a few flan striations, nevertheless very fine, on good metal with a fully centred strike. Considered a rare, if not very rare mule by previous cataloguers who encountered the type, a scarcer moneyer in place. According to North in note 312 (as alluded to within the book references), mules exist for the Intermediate Small Cross type with a Crux reverse within a select few mints, Winchester being one of them.
Ex. Duke of Argyle collection
Ex. B. H. I. H, Stewart (the British Numismatic Journal academic) with two supporting tickets
