has been graded and slabbed by CGS UK as UNC80
all in all this is a very presentable good example of one of the rarest fine gold Tudor Sovereigns
Phalanthos
36g (MCE 376
CAESARVM NOSTORVM
Aethelred II Penny, 1st hand type, Ipswich, Waltferth, AU58, ex Duke of Argyll, Stack and Salton has been graded and slabbedAethelred II (978 1016),silver Penny, first hand type (c. 979 985), Ipswich Mint, Moneyer Waltferth, diademed bust right, Latin legend and linear circles surrounding, +ELRD REX ANGLOX, the NG ligatured,rev. hand of Providence from straight clouds, A and hyphen to left, w and hyphen to right, Latin legend and linear circles surrounding, + PALTFER M O GIP (BMC type IIb; SCBI 26: 1134 5 East Anglia; Sadler p. 57 69,cf. fig. 104; N. 766; S. 1144). Darker