Lot 1174
1174
'Long Cross' with bust left in the name of Aethelred, 'Stamford, Godleof', obv ÆLRED REX ANGLO, X double cut, rev. GODLEOP MVO STAN, 1.34g, 20.6 grains (Malmer 118.1155, single; SCBI Lincolnshire 1159/1160), obverse extremely fine, reverse very fine, only one specimen (BEH 3508), listed
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'Long Cross' with bust left in the name of Aethelred, 'Stamford, Godleof', obv ÆLRED REX ANGLO, X double cut, rev. GODLEOP MVO STAN, 1.34g, 20.6 grains (Malmer 118.1155, single; SCBI Lincolnshire 1159/1160), obverse extremely fine, reverse very fine, only one specimen (BEH 3508), listed

Details
'Long Cross' with bust left in the name of Aethelred, 'Stamford, Godleof', obv ÆLRED REX ANGLO, X double cut, rev. GODLEOP MVO STAN, 1.34g, 20.6 grains (Malmer 118.1155, single; SCBI Lincolnshire 1159/1160), obverse extremely fine, reverse very fine, only one specimen (BEH 3508), listed
Provenance
Spink Coin Auction 46, 9 October 1985, lot 436
Special notice
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Lot Essay

The coin is almost certainly a Hiberno Norse issue, see Dolley, SCBI, British Museum, pp 122-3, where 'Stamford Godleof' is listed amongst eighteen 'English' mints. Curiously, Godleof is omitted from SCBI (41) Index II