CNG 102, Lot: 1442. Estimate $500. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.46 g, 7h). First Hand type (BMC iia, Hild. B1). York mint; Sunnulfr, moneyer. Struck circa 991. Diademed and draped bust right / + ZVNOLFM–O EOFEF, manus Dei descending from clouds; barred Λ ω flanking. SCBI 2 (Glasgow), 813 var. (legends); North 766; SCBC 1144. VF.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection, purchased from M. Vosper, August 1997.