Description
Aethelred II (978-1016), Penny, Small Crux type (c.995-997) Canterbury mint, moneyer Godwine, inner linear circles both sides, bare headed bust left in front trefoil tipped sceptre cutting into drapery, smaller module flan and dies in place, legend surrounds +ÆĐELRÆD REX ΛNGLOR. Rev, short cross voided with CRVX in angles, reading GODPIИE M-O CÆИT, inverted N’s in script, 1.35g (S.1149; N.770 var ; BMC IIIa; SCBI 7 [Copenhagen], 70).
Subtle cabinet toning, some flan pressure laminations in the southern part of flan, probably in the initial strike given the way it has manifested. Few peckmarks on a comprehensive portrait, some also in the reverse inner circle housing the CRVX motif. Reverse, a good reading of the legends. Very fine, rarer in variety on a smaller module flan, this variation known mainly in Exeter, Lincoln, London, East Anglia and Kent.
