366, Lot: 1075. Estimate $150. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.64 g, 8h). First Hand type (BMC iia, Hild. B1). Winceastre (Winchester) mint; Beorhtnoth, moneyer. Struck circa 979-985. + ÆÐELRED REX ΛNGL(ORX), draped bust right / + BEORNTNΘÐ M–O PIN •, manus Dei descending from clouds; barred Λ ω flanking. Harvey 108 (dies B/b); SCBI 25 (Helsinki), 10 (same dies); SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 1350 var. (rev. legend); Hild 4108; BMC 356 var. (same); North 766; SCBC 1144. Near VF, wavy flan, dig on bust.