Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 1337. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (1.11 gm). Thetford mint; Erewine, moneyer. Helmet type, circa 1003-1009. +ÆDEL•RÆD REX ANG, helmeted bust left / +ER-EP•I•-NE M-O DE:, voided long cross with triple-crescent ends that extend to edge of flan, central pellet over square with trefoil at each point; annulets in the first and third quarters. North 775; SCBC 1152. Toned EF, with gold and green toning in the devices. (See color enlargement on plate 23.) ($1000) 

From the William J. Conte Collection. Ex Captain Peter Arnot Collection (Buckland, Dix & Wood, 21 March 1995), lot 168; Spink 81 (19 November 1990), lot 79.