Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 1127. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (1.56 g, 3h). Long cross type. Dover mint; Leofhyse, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. + ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ•(NG)L•, draped bust left; pellet behind neck / + LEOFHУSE M•O DOFR, voided long cross with pellet in center and triple crescent ends. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 131 var. (obv. legend); BMC -; North 774; SCBC 1151. Near EF, lightly toned.