CNG 102, Lot: 1446. Estimate $400. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (21mm, 1.40 g, 3h). Crux type (BMC iiia, Hild. C). Southwark mint; Beorhtlaf, moneyer. Struck circa 991-997. Draped bust left; trefoil-tipped scepter before / + BУRHTLΛF M–O SVÐBУ, voided short cross; C R V X in angles. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 1167 (same dies); North 770; SCBC 1148. VF, toned.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Edward Judson Collection (Dix, Noonan, Webb 55, 8 October 2002), lot 1032; reportedly Glendining’s (25 November 1970), lot 994 (part of).