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CNG 85, Lot: 1455. Estimate $750.
Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.36 g, 3h). Crux type (BMC iiia, Hild. C). Huntingdon mint; Ælfric, moneyer. Struck circa 991-997. + ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG)L(ORX), bare headed and draped bust left; scepter before / + ÆLFRIC M–O HVNT, voided short cross; C R V X in angles. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 438; Hild. 1358; BMC 118; North 770; SCBC 1148. Good VF, a couple peck marks, short edge split. Rare.


From the Marie Karlsson Collection.