CNG 85, Lot: 1484. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.52 g, 12h). Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). Gloucester mint; Godwine, moneyer. Struck circa 1009-1017. + ÆÐELRED REX A(NG), diademed and draped bust left / + GODPINE ΘN GLEΛ, small cross pattée. SCBI 25 (Helsinki), 467 (same dies); Hild. 1101; BMC -; North 777; SCBC 1154. EF, toned, wavy flan, slight doubling, peck mark on reverse. Lovely style. Rare mint.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection.