Description
Aethelred II (978-1016), Penny, Long cross type (c.997-1003), London mint, moneyer Godwine, bare headed bust left, pellet behind, legend commences from bottom left +ÆĐELRÆD REX ΛNGLO. Rev, long voided cross with tri-crescent terminals, pellet at centre, reads +GODPINE MO LVND, 19mm, 1.59g (S.1151; N.774; BMC IVa; SCBI 7 [Copenhagen], 854). Struck on a full flan, fields clear, legends in the main legible, slightly dished in the minting process. Interesting pellet variations on the reverse in alternate quarters, also one before the + on reverse. Good very fine, crisp with a soft strike, scarce with the additional pellets.
Ex Baldwin’s basement with a supporting ticket in the hand of Fred Baldwin.
