Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 1345. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (1.33 gm). Sudbury mint; Branting, moneyer. Last small cross type, circa 1009-1017. +EDELRED REX ANGL, diademed and bearded bust left / +BRANTING ON S(retrograde)VDB, small cross pattée, surrounded by four additional crosses. North 779; SCBC -. Good VF. Sharply struck. Very rare. ($1000) 

From the William J. Conte Collection. 

This unusual variety is known for only five mints: Colchester, Ipswich, Stamford, Sudbury and Thetford. This is a most unusual portrait of Aethelred as it has a very distinctive bearded portrait.