373, Lot: 595. Estimate $200. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.63 g, 1h). Crux type (BMC iiia, Hild. C). Oxnaford (Oxford) mint; Ælfwine, moneyer. Struck circa 991-997. Draped bust left; trefoil-tipped scepter before / + ÆLFPI(NE) MΩO • OXNΛ, voided short cross; C R V X in angles. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 1041 (same obv. die); North p. 161; SCBC 1148. Near EF, find patina, peck marks, flan cracks. Rare late Crux issue.