CNG 93, Lot: 1870. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (19mm, 1.39 g, 10h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Ecxeceastre (Exeter) mint; Dunstan, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. ·+· ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG)L, draped bust left; pellet behind neck / + DV· NSTΛ N M'Θ EΛXE, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends. Brettell, Exeter 49 (same rev. die); SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 166 (same dies); Hild. 507; BMC 57 var. (legends); North 774; SCBC 1151. Near EF, toned, a few light peck marks and minor flan waviness.

Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CXV.3 (June 2007), no. HS3008.