CNG 99, Lot: 1221. Estimate $500. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.37 g, 6h). Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). Lundene (London) mint; Osulf, moneyer. Struck circa 1009-1017. +EÐELRÆD REX ·Λ·NG·L(O RX), diademed and draped bust left / + OSVLF MO ΘN LVNDE, small cross pattée. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 917 (same obv. die); Hild 2872 var. (obv. legend); BMC 196 var. (rev. legend); North 777; SCBC 1154. Good VF, lightly toned, slight crimp to flan.

From the Keith Smalley Collection, purchased privately from B. J. Dawson, March 2003.