Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 2142. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $635. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (1.44 g, 9h). First Hand type. London mint; Leofstan, moneyer. Struck circa 979-985. + ÆÐELRÆD REX ΛNGLORX, diademed bust right / + LEOFSTΛN M-O LVNDO, hand of providence facing downward; pellet above, barred Λ ω flanking. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 877-8; BMC 195; North 766; SCBC 1144. Good VF, toned, small die break on reverse.

From the Ross Schraeder Collection.