Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 1322. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $560. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON. Aethelred II. 978-1016. R Penny (1.67 gm). Huntingdon mint; Aelfric, moneyer. First hand type, circa 979-985. +ÆDELRED REX ANGLOX, diademed bust right / +ÆLFRIC M-O HVNTAN, ,i>Manus Dei extending down between A W. North 766; SCBC 1144. Lightly toned, good VF, minor earthen encrustation. ($750)

From the William J. Conte Collection.

The six-year cycle of Eadgar's reform type was completed in 979 and Aethelred introduced the first hand type. On the reverse a Hand of Providence emerges from a cloud. The six-year cycle allowed the current ruler to call in all circulating monies for recoinage.