AETHELRED II (The Unready) PENNY - Moneyer Aelfpine Oxford, 997-1003.
Obverse: Draped and bare-headed bust of Athelred II (The Unready) left. Text around AEDELRED REX ANGLO.
Reverse: Long cross voided with each limb ended in three crescents. Text around AELFPINE MO OXNA.
Obverse: Draped and bare-headed bust of Athelred II (The Unready) left. Text around AEDELRED REX ANGLO.
Reverse: Long cross voided with each limb ended in three crescents. Text around AELFPINE MO OXNA.
Obverse: Draped and bare-headed bust of Athelred II (The Unready) left. Text around AEDELRED REX ANGLO.
Reverse: Long cross voided with each limb ended in three crescents. Text around AELFPINE MO OXNA.
Æthelred II, known as Æthelred the Unready, was King of the English from 978 to 1013 and again from 1014 until his death in 1016. His epithet comes from the Old English word unræd meaning "poorly advised"; it is a pun on his name, which means "well advised