Æthelred II ‘Unræd’ (978-1016), ‘First Hand’ Type, Penny, 979-985, Lincoln, Leofing, +ÆÐELRED R...

(x) Æthelred II ‘Unræd’ (978-1016), ‘First Hand’ Type, Penny, 979-985, Lincoln, Leofing, +ÆÐELRED REX ANGLO, NG ligated, diademed and draped bust right within solid inner circle, rev. + LIVINC M-O LINCOL, Hand of Providence (manus dei) issuing from clouds with double crescent sleeve, pellet on palm of hand, at either side Alpha and Omega with contraction bar above each, 1.51g [23.3grns], 10h (Hildebrand -, Type B1 [variety e.5]; Mossop, Pl. III, - [Dies Cc]; SCBI 7 [Copenhagen II], -; SCBI 25 [Helsinki] -; SCBI 27 [Lincoln], 34 [Dies Bb]; SCBI [Hermitage I] -; SCBI [Estonia] -; SCBI 65 [Norway I] -; North 766; BMC IIa [Coll. -]; Spink 1144), minor porosity and bright surfaces, almost very fine

Provenance

The Steve J Green Collection of Anglo-Saxon Coins [with his tickets and envelope]

Allan Williams Duplicates, CNG e-Auction 480, 11 November 2020, lot 877

Colonial Rare Coins, by private treaty, August 1992

Reportedly recovered from the “First Hand” Hoard (CCH178A), near York, March/April 1992

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