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The CricJdade Mint. 



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

 Copenhag-en ; to the Curator of the Bergen 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 7C is the usual sign 

 for A, C for C, Ir for G, X for S, B for Th, f for W. 



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

 ferences in parentheses, thus (192 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. 



Obv. ^ iEBELRiED RE ^ ftNDL Rev. ^ iEDELXIIrE 



ON CRftCDL 



2. 



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

 Stockholm. 



Obv. ^ MBMURMD REX ftNGL Rev. ^ IrODEMTCN ON 



CROC 



3. 



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

 Stockholm. 



Obv. ^ M&ELKMT) REX ftNIrLO Rev. ^ TOC7C ON 



CROClrMD 



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 



