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Penny - Æthelred II Last Small Cross type
| Issuer | England |
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| Year | 1009-1016 |
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| Currency | Penny (924-1158) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed bust of King Æthelred II facing left, rendered in the angular, stylised manner characteristic of late Anglo-Saxon hammered coinage. The surrounding legend reads the king's name and title in Latin, terminating with the letters RX ligatured together into a single composite letter-form. The portrait is confined within a beaded inner circle, with the legend occupying the field between the inner and outer borders. |
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| Obverse lettering | + ÆDELRED REX ANG (LORX) |
| Reverse description | A small cross pattée placed centrally within a beaded inner circle, forming the principal design element from which the type takes its name. The moneyer's name and mint signature are arranged around the periphery in two abbreviated segments separated by crosses or pellets, following the standard Anglo-Saxon two-line formula. The lettering is executed in the angular, somewhat compressed style typical of the Last Small Cross issue struck in the final years of Æthelred II's reign. |
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