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Live auction - fwo_520443 - ENGLAND - KINGDOM OF ENGLAND - ÆTHELRED II Penny n.d. Exeter

ENGLAND - KINGDOM OF ENGLAND - ÆTHELRED II Penny n.d. Exeter AU
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Estimate : 500 €
Price : 310 €
Maximum bid : 380 €
End of the sale : 05 March 2019 18:59:40
bidders : 2 bidders
Type : Penny
Date: (1279-1307)
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Exeter
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 1,22 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire très bien centré sur un flan légèrement irrégulier avec un manque à 12 heure. Le métal est cristallisé et couvert d’une épaisse patine sombre. Très beau buste du roi. Atelier assez rare pour le type avec un monétaire peu commun : Tuna
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : AEDELRVED REX ANG LOX.
Obverse description : Buste drapée et laurée à droite du roi.
Obverse translation : (Athelred, roi des anglais).

Reverse


Reverse legend : + TVNA M OEAXECEST.
Reverse description : La main de la Providence sortant de derrière un nuage entre les signe alpha et omega.
Reverse translation : (Exeter, monnayeur Tuna) .

Commentary


Variété sans sceptre à droite du buste.
Le buste est clairement inspiré des portraits des empereurs romains sur les siliques d’argent du IVe siècle.
Il s’agit là d’une émission de l’un des premiers rois d’Angleterre, héritiers des princes de Wessex, à une époque ou royaumes saxons et occupants Danois se partagent les terres de Grande Bretagne.

Historical background


ENGLAND - KINGDOM OF ENGLAND - ÆTHELRED II

(978-1016)

Son of King Edgar, Æthelred II or Æthelred the Misguided (around 966 - 1016) reigned between 978 and 1016. Following the very numerous incursions of the Vikings, he was deposed between 1013 and 1014 by the Danish Sween Forked Beard. His son Edmund Ironside succeeded him..

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