Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 2163. Estimate $4000. Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002. Sold For $3300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (1.15 gm). First hand type, circa 979-985. Newark, Monmouthshire, mint(?). Ingolf, moneyer. + ÆDELRED REX AGLOR (OR ligate), diademed bust right / + IGVLF M-O NIVLP,
manus Dei extending down between L and W. North 766; BMC Anglo-Saxon II -; Seaby 1144. Toned, good VF. Extremely rare, the second known coin of this type for this mint and the only known coin of this moneyer. ($4000)
Dr. William J. Conte Collection of Late Anglo Saxon, Part 2; Captain "Peter" Arnot Collection (Buckland, Dix & Wood Auction 11, 21 March 1995), lot 95.