Description
Aethelred II (978-1016), Penny, Crux type (c.991-997), Northampton mint, moneyer Leofstan, inner linear circles both sides, bare headed bust left, in front trefoil tipped sceptre, legend surrounds +ÆĐELRÆD REX ΛNGLOX, the NG ligate. Rev, short cross voided with CRVX in angles, reading +LEOFSTΛN M-O HΛM, S struck as retrograde Z in Leofstan, 1.66g (S.1148; N.770; BMC IIIa; SCBI 7 [Copenhagen], 401, similar with different mint signature).
Struck on a broad flan with much of the outer rim borders visible on good metal, peckmarks with some ghosting in obverse legends. Portrait competent, reverse legends clear. About very fine in a highly collectible mint town, an academic example.
