CNG 90, Lot: 2382. Estimate $750. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.61 g, 9h). First Hand type (BMC iib, Hild. B1c). Northwic (Norwich) mint; Branting, moneyer. Struck circa 991. + ÆÐELRED REX ΛNGL(ORX), diademed bust right / + MΛNNINC MO NORÐPIC, manus Dei descending from clouds; barred ω Λ flanking. SCBI 26 (East Anglia), 1143 (same dies); BMC –; Hild. 3178; North 766; SCBC 1144. Good VF, attractively toned. Very rare variety with alpha and omega transposed.

From the Collection of an Underwriter. Ex Gordon V. Doubleday Collection (Glendining’s, 6 October 1987), lot 364 (with his ticket); Duke of Argyll Collection.