CNG 99, Lot: 1219. Estimate $500. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.65 g, 6h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Lincolne (Lincoln) mint; Colgrim, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. +ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG)Θ, draped bust left; pellet behind neck / + COL GRIM M·Ω·Θ LINC, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple crescent ends. Mossop pl. X, 18 (dies A/a); SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 535 var. (rev. legend); Hild 1718; BMC 163 var. (legends); North 774; SCBC 1151. Good VF, iridescent toning.