Description
Aethelred II (978-1016), Penny, Long cross type (c.997-1003), Canterbury mint, moneyer Godwine, bare headed bust left, pellet behind, legend commences from bottom left +ÆĐELRÆD REX ANGLO. Rev, long voided cross with tri-crescent terminals, pellet at centre, reads +GODPINE MO CENT, 1.52g (S.1151; N.774; BMC IVa; SCBI 7 [Copenhagen], 72).
Darkly toned with a large imposing bust, legends concise and legible, hairline surface die crack on obverse and some of the normal peckmarks synonymous with the type on the reverse. A comprehensive very fine, fetching.
