CNG 91, Lot: 1472. Estimate $300. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (19mm, 1.63 g, 9h). Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). Stanford (Stamford) mint; Godleof, moneyer. Struck circa 1009-1017. + ÆÐELRÆD REX ΛNGL:, diademed bust left / + GODELCOE ON STΛ•NF (S of ‘serpentine’ shape), short cross pattée. SCBI 27 (Lincolnshire), 1204 (same dies); SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 1132 (same dies); Hild. 3492; BMC –; North 777; SCBC 1154. VF, lightly toned, a few peck marks. Unusual form of mint name.