Aethelred II Penny, Last small cross type, four extra crosses, Thetford, Eadric, ex Cambridge Hoard and English Doctor the Elder Pretender

the Elder Pretender

some digs on obverse

raised HP below

at least twenty times rarer than the mint mark 1

a high grade for this date

Aethelred II Penny, Last small cross type, four extra crosses, Thetford, Eadric, ex Cambridge Hoard and English Doctor the Elder PretenderAethelred II (978 1016), silver Penny, last small cross type (c. 1009 17), variety with four extra smaller crosses on reverse, Thetford Mint, Moneyer Eadric, diademed and draped bust left within linear circle, Latin legend surrounding, +ELRD REX ANGLO, rev. small cross pattee at centre, smaller cross beyond each limb surrounding, all within linear circle with legend surrounding, +EDRIC MON EPRR: weight 1. 42g (BMC Ic, p. 199; cf. BEH 1902; SCBI 25: