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Attractive Æthelred the Unready silver Penny struck at the Lewes mint by the hand of the moneyer Herebeorht. Long cross type. A beautiful natural toned example flan very slightly wavy, graded Very Fine, or portrait suggesting better. A cracking example of this smaller and scarcer East Sussex mint situated just outside of Brighton (then called Beorhthelmes tūn or later by its Norman name Bristelmestune) Origin: Great Britain Region: Lewes Denomination: Penny, Long Cross type Composition: Silver Date: 978-1016 Obverse: ✠ÆĐeLRED REX ANGLO, Draped bare-headed bust left; pellet behind neck Rev: ✠ HEREBYRHT MωO LÆP, voided long cross and triple-crescent ends, the HE of name joined. Moneyer: Herebeorht Diameter, Weight & Orientation: 24.5mm, 1.49 g, 12h Grade: Very Fine, or portrait suggesting better, slightly wavy, with beautiful cabinet toning, a scarcer mint Provenance: Ex. Noonans Mayfair Auctions, London, UK; Previously from the Auckland Collection References:Sussex Mints 124; SCBI South Eastern Museums 922-3; BEH 1424; N. 774; Sp. 1151