CNG 102, Lot: 1459. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.33 g, 4h). Last Small Cross type (BMC ie, Hild. Ac). Sudbury mint; Branting, moneyer. Struck circa 1009-1017. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing short beard / + BRΛNTI(NG) ΘN ZVÐB, small cross pattée. SCBI –; Hild –; BMC –; North 779; SCBC 1154 var. (rev. crosses). Near EF, light golden tone. Rare variety from a rare mint.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Property of a Gentleman (Spink 212, 28 March 2012), lot 436; William J. Conte Collection (Triton VI, 14 January 2003), lot 1345.

This unusual variety, with its very distinctive bearded portrait of Aethelred, is known for only five mints: Colchester, Ipswich, Stamford, Sudbury, and Thetford.