CNG 102, Lot: 1452. Estimate $750. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (19mm, 1.57 g, 1h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Southampton mint; Spilmann, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. Draped bust left; pellet behind / + SPI LEMΛ N M·Θ HΛM, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 407 (same dies); North 774; SCBC 1151. Near EF, attractive iridescent toning, a few pecks. Rare.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Property of a Gentleman (Spink 212, 28 March 2012), lot 346, purchased October 1998; Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (Part IV, Glendining’s, 26 April 1960), lot 3747 (part of).