CNG 85, Lot: 1454. Estimate $300. Sold for $1025. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (21mm, 1.54 g, 3h). Crux type (BMC iiia, Hild. C). Barnstaple mint; Beorhtsige, moneyer. Struck circa 991-997. + ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG)L(ORX), bare headed and draped bust left; scepter before / + BУRHSIGE M–O BARD, voided short cross; C R V X in angles. SCBI 24 (West Country), 461; Hild. 25; BMC -; North 770; SCBC 1148. VF, lightly toned, holed and plugged, worn dies. Very rare mint.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection.