CNG 85, Lot: 1483. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (21mm, 1.29 g, 9h). Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). Exeter mint; Beorhtstan, moneyer. Struck circa 1009-1017. + ÆÐELRÆD REX ΛNGLO, diademed and draped bust left / + BУRHSTΛN ON EΛXC, small cross pattée. Brettell, Exeter 33 (same dies); SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 158 (same dies); Hild. 481; BMC -; North 777; SCBC 1154. Near VF, toned, flat strike in centers, peck marks.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection.