CNG 90, Lot: 2381. Estimate $750. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.60 g, 6h). First Hand type (BMC iia, Hild. B1). Northwic (Norwich) mint; Branting, moneyer. Struck circa 991. + ÆÐELRED REX ΛNGL(ORX), diademed bust right / + BRAIITIHC M–O NORÐPIC, manus Dei descending from clouds; barred Λ ω flanking. SCBI 26 (East Anglia), 1140 (same dies); BMC –; Hild. 3106 var. (legends); North 766; SCBC 1144. Good VF, toned. Attractive style. Rare.

From the Collection of an Underwriter.