CNG 85, Lot: 1459. Estimate $300. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (21mm, 1.44 g, 3h). Crux type (BMC iiia, Hild. C). Southwark mint; Godwine, moneyer. Struck circa 991-997. + ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG)L(ORX), bare headed and draped bust left; scepter before / + GODPINE M–O SVÐBУ, voided short cross; C R V X in angles. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 1174 (same dies); Hild. 3614; BMC 330; North 770; SCBC 1148. VF, toned, small flan crack, a few peck marks.

From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman.