Æthelred II (978-1016), Penny, Benediction Hand type, London, Æthelwine, ædælpine m¯o lvn, 1.52g/9h (BEH –; N 769; S 1147). Crack by o of mo, otherwise better than fine and free of peckmarks, very rare of this mint £1,000-£1,500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins.

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Provenance: ‘Found in Gotland’; SNC June 2007 (HS 3001).

No further information about the supposed Gotland provenance, alluded to on the reverse of the Spink ticket, is apparently known