Triton XIX, Lot: 934. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (19mm, 1.45 g, 9h). Helmet type (BMC viii, Hild. E). Barnstaple mint; Beorhtsige, moneyer. Struck circa 1003-1009. + ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG)L•, helmeted bust left / + BУRHSIGE M’Θ BARD, voided long cross with central pellet and triple crescent ends, over square with incurved sides; trefoil at each point. Brettell, Barnstaple 420 (this coin); SCBI –; EMC –; Hild. 31; BMC –; North 775; SCBC 1152. EF, rich tone. Superb portrait. Very rare.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex ‘Collection of Pennies of Aethelred II’ (Spink 212, 28 March 2012), lot 398; P. Arnot Collection (Buckland, Dix & Webb 11, 21 March 1995), lot 161; R. P. V. Brettell Collection (Glendining, 18 June 1975), lot 420.