CNG 96, Lot: 1410. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.38 g, 10h). First Hand type (BMC iia, Hild. B1). Eoferwic (York) mint; Ælfstan, moneyer. Struck circa 979-985. + ÆÐELRED REX Λ(NG)L•, diademed bust right / + ΛLFZTΛN M–O EOF, manus Dei descending from clouds; barred Λ ω flanking. SCBI 26 (East Anglia), 1149 (same dies); cf. Hild. 608; BMC –; North 766; SCBC 1144. EF, toned, reverse a little off center. Lovely portrait.