Ex Arnot Collection

384, Lot: 825. Estimate $150. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.56 g, 9h). First Hand type (BMC iia, Hild. B1). Lundoni (London) mint; Godric, moneyer. Struck circa 979-985. Draped bust right / + GODRIC M–O LVNDONI, manus Dei descending from clouds; barred Λ ω flanking. SCBI 2 (Hunterian), 796 var. (rev. legend); Hild 2579; North 766; SCBC 1144. VF, toned, a little wavy.

Ex Capt. Axel John “Peter” Arnot Collection (Buckland, Dix and Wood, 21 March 1995), lot 94.