Details for Æthelred the Unready -

Date of reign: AD 1016-AD 1016

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Record: DOR-989FF4
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Description: An early-medieval cut halfpenny of Aethelr…
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Record: CAM-F1FA15
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Description: A silver penny of Aethelred II, AD 97…
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Record: IOW-1F0FB8
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Description: A complete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) si…
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Record: IOW-DC0494
Object type: COIN
Broadperiod: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Description: A complete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) si…
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37 coin types issued

Æthelred II (978-1016), no further details Issued: AD 978 AD 1016
N 764 (First Small Cross) (Hild. A) Issued: AD 978 AD 979
N 764.1 (First Small Cross [var: bust right]) Issued: AD 978 AD 979
N 765 (First Small Cross [var: sceptre]) (Hild. Ab) Issued: AD 978 AD 979
Æthelred II, Small Cross (N 764/N 773/N 777) (Hild. A) Issued: AD 978 AD 1017
N 766 (First Hand) (Hild. B1) Issued: AD 979 AD 985
Æthelred, Hand type (no further details) Issued: AD 979 AD 991
N 767 (First Hand [var: bust left]) (Hild. B1a) Issued: AD 979 AD 985
N 768 (Second Hand) (Hild. B2) Issued: AD 985 AD 991
N 769 (Benediction Hand) (Hild. B3) Issued: AD 991 AD 991
N 769.1 (Second / Benediction Hand Transitional) [var: bust diademed] Issued: AD 991 AD 991
N 768/N 770 (Second Hand / Crux mule) Issued: AD 991 AD 991
N 769/N 770 (Benediction Hand / Crux mule) Issued: AD 991 AD 991
N 770 (Crux) (Hild. C) Issued: AD 991 AD 997
N 770 (Early Transitional Crux) (Hild. C var.) Issued: AD 991 AD 997
N 770/N 773 (Crux / Intermediate Small Cross mule) Issued: AD 991 AD 997
N 770 (Crux) (lead striking) Issued: AD 991 AD 997
N 771 (Late Transitional Crux [curly hair]) Issued: AD 991 AD 997
N 772 (Crux [var: bust right]) (Hild. Cc) Issued: AD 991 AD 997
N 773 (Intermediate Small Cross) (Hild. A) Issued: AD 997 AD 997
N 773.1 (Intermediate Small Cross [var: sceptre]) (Hild. Ab) Issued: AD 997 AD 997
N 773/N 770 (Intermediate Small Cross / Crux mule) Issued: AD 997 AD 997
N 774 (Long Cross) (Hild. D) Issued: AD 997 AD 1003
N 774.05 (Long Cross) (lead striking) Issued: AD 997 AD 1003
N 774.1 (Long Cross [var: bust right]) Issued: AD 997 AD 1003
N 774 (Long Cross) (Scandinavian imitation) Issued: AD 997 AD 1003
N 775 (Helmet) (Hild. E) Issued: AD 1003 AD 1009
N 775.05 (Helmet [gold]) Issued: AD 1003 AD 1009
N 775.1 (Helmet / Crux Transitional) (Hild. Ec) Issued: AD 1003 AD 1009
N 776 (Agnus Dei) (Hild. G) Issued: AD 1009 AD 1009
N 777 (Last Small Cross) (Hild. A) Issued: AD 1009 AD 1017
N 764 or N 777 (Æthelred, Small Cross (first or last?)) Issued: AD 978 AD 1017
N 773 or N 777 (Intermediate Small Cross or Last Small Cross) Issued: AD 997 AD 1017
N 778 (Last Small Cross [var: bust to edge of coin]) (Hild. Ae) Issued: AD 1009 AD 1017
N 779 (Last Small Cross [var: rev. four extra crosses]) (Hild. Ac) Issued: AD 1009 AD 1017
N 780 (Last Small Cross [var: bust right]) (Hild. Aa) Issued: AD 1009 AD 1017
N 780.1 (Last Small Cross [var: pointed helmet]) Issued: AD 1009 AD 1017

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