CNG 85, Lot: 1470. Estimate $500. Sold for $420. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.49 g, 9h). Long Cross type (BMC IVa, Hild. D). London mint; Leofnoth, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. + ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG)LΘ, draped bust left; pellet behind neck / + LEΘFNΘÐ M•Θ LV(ND), voided long cross with pellet in center and triple crescent ends. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 1866-7; Hild. 2671; BMC 246 var. (obv. legend); North 774; SCBC 1151. Good VF, lightly toned, peck marks.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection.