266, Lot: 527. Estimate $150. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (21mm, 1.43 g, 9h). Scandinavian imitation. Crux type (BMC iiia, Hild. C). Crude bare headed and draped bust left; scepter before / Voided short cross; crude C R V X in angles. Cf. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 1519 for a bracteate imitation of very similar style found in the Munkesgaard hoard. Near VF, toned. Very rare.

From the Deyo Collection