Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 1125. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (1.18 g, 9h). Second Hand type. London mint; Osferth, moneyer. Struck circa 985-991. + ÆÐELRED REX ΛNGLOX, diademed bust right; scepter before / + OSFERÐ M–O LVND, manus Dei descending from clouds; Λ ω and two pellets flanking. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 913; BMC -; North 768; SCBC 1146. Good VF, lightly toned.