366, Lot: 1087. Estimate $300. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.41 g, 3h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Lundene (London) mint; Ælfræd, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. + ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG)L•, draped bust left; pellet behind neck / + ÆLF RУD M’Θ L VND, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 656 var. (rev. legend arrangement); Hild 2083; BMC 228; North 774; SCBC 1151. VF, toned, obv. double struck, slightly wavy flan.