CNG 96, Lot: 1409. Estimate $750. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.53 g, 12h). First Hand type (BMC iia, Hild. B1). Gipeswic (Ipswich) mint; Leofman, moneyer. Struck circa 979-985. + ÆÐILRED REX Λ(NG)L(ORX), diademed bust right / + LEOFMΛN M–O GIPES, manus Dei descending from clouds; barred Λ ω flanking. Sadler 48 (dies 1/1 – this coin); SCBI 26 (East Anglia), 1128-30 (same dies); BMC –; Hild. 1071 var. (legends); North 766; SCBC 1144. VF, toned.

From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Marshall Collection (Spink 167, 31 March 2004), lot 54; Spink Numismatic Circular LI/6 (June 1943), no. 20575; Sir William Ridgeway Collection.