Bust Right Variety

CNG 102, Lot: 1455. Estimate $1500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (18mm, 1.26 g, 9h). Last Small Cross type variety (BMC ia, Hild. Aa). Canterbury mint; Leofstan, moneyer. Struck circa 1009-1017. Diademed and draped bust right / + LEΘFSTΛN ΘN CΛNT:, small cross pattée. SCBI 25 (Helsinki), 447 (same dies); North 780; SCBC 1154A. Good VF, slight wave in flan, a couple peck marks, surface crack. Very rare bust right variety.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Marie Karlsson Collection (Classical numismatic Group 85, 15 September 2010), lot 1492.