CNG 103, Lot: 1177. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20.5mm, 1.34 g, 9h). Crux type (BMC iiia, Hild. C). Lundene (London) mint; Sweting, moneyer. Struck circa 991-997. Draped bust left; trefoil-tipped scepter before / + SPETINC M–O LVN, voided short cross; C–R–V–X in quarters. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 937; Hild 2919; North 770; SCBC 1148. Near EF, dark iridescent tone, small scratch on cheek under tone, a couple pecks on obverse.