CNG 102, Lot: 1448. Estimate $400. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (19.5mm, 1.73 g, 1h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Lincolne (Lincoln) mint; Drengr, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. Draped bust left; pellet behind neck / + DR ENG MΩΘ LI(NC), voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends. Mossop pl. XV, 26 (dies A/a); SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 540 (same dies); North 774; SCBC 1151. VF, lightly toned, wavy flan.