CNG 85, Lot: 1450. Estimate $300. Sold for $875. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.33 g, 3h). Second Hand type (BMC iid, Hild. B2). Exeter mint; Ælfnoth, moneyer. Struck circa 985-991. + ÆÐELRÆD REX ΛNGL(ORX), diademed and draped bust right; scepter before / + ÆLFNOÐ M–O EΛXEC, manus Dei descending from clouds; at sides, barred Λ ω above pellets. Brettell, Exeter 4; SCBI 2 (Hunterian), 817-8; Hild. 448; BMC 47; North 768; SCBC 1146. Good VF, lightly toned, a couple peck marks.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection.