288 The CricMade Mint. 



J. Herbst, Esq., Inspector of the royal collection of coins at 

 Copenhagen ; to the Curator of the Berg-en Museum ; and to W. 

 Cunnington, Esq., formerly of Devizes, for assistance which they 

 have rendered to him. For the benefit of those who are unacquainted 

 with Saxon characters, he would mention that "K is the usual sign 

 for A, C for C, Ir for G, X for S, D for Th, y for W. 



The types alluded to are those given in Hildebrand, and the re- 

 ferences in parentheses, thus (193 a. 5), are to his catalogue and 

 tables of variations. 



Ethelred II. 

 1. 

 Type A. (191 a. 4 ir. 60.) 

 Obverse. King's bust, looking to the left, with diadem inside a 

 circle. Reverse. A small single cross in the centre of a circle. 



Stockholm. 



Ohv. ^ vEDELRiED EE ^ SNLrL Rev. ^ ^DELSIIrE 



ON LKKLIiIj 



2. 



Type A. (193 e. 4.) See above. 



Stockholm. 



Obv. >i< MDMLRMD REX SNGL Rev. ^ D0DEM7CN ON 



CROC 



3. 



Type A. (195 a. 5.) See No. 1. 



Stockholm. 



Obv, ^ ^DELRiED REX a"NI}LO Rev. .{< TOCTC ON 



CR0CIjL3"D 



4. 



Type B. (e. 10.) 



Obv. King's bust, looking to the right with diadem inside a 



circle. Rev. An open hand, the hand of Providence, between Alpha 



and Omega, inside a circle. This is a very rare device, being the 



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