345, Lot: 679. Estimate $100. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (19mm, 1.38 g, 12h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Lundene (London) mint; Eadmund, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. Draped bust left; pellet to right / Voided long cross, with central pellet and triple crescent ends. SCBI 25 (Helsinki), 245 (same dies); BMC 216-7 var. (legends); North 774; SCBC 1151. VF, toned, some peck marks and light central flan crack.

From the Patrick H. James Collection.