CNG 102, Lot: 1453. Estimate $750. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.69 g, 3h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Totnes mint; Ælfstan, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. Draped bust left; pellet behind / + ÆLF STΛN MΩO TOTΛ, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 1255 (same dies); North 774; SCBC 1151. Near EF, toned, a couple very small peck marks. Neat style. Rare.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Dix, Noonan, Webb 124 (16 September 2014), lot 2367; R. P. V. Brettell Collection (Glendining’s, 8 March 1990), lot 487; A.J.V. Radford Collection (Sotheby’s, 12 June 1944), lot 42 (part of).