CNG 85, Lot: 1476. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (18mm, 1.49 g, 9h). Helmet type (BMC viii, Hild. E). Exeter mint; God, moneyer. Struck circa 1003-1009. •+• ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG)LO, bust left wearing armor and radiate helmet / +: GΘ.D M•Θ EΛ•X•ECESTR, voided long cross, with pellet in center and triple crescent ends, over square with trefoil at each point. Brettell, Exeter -; SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 182 (same dies); Hild. 533; BMC -; North 775; SCBC 1152. VF, toned, a little die wear on obverse.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection.