Rare Bedford Mint

375, Lot: 811. Estimate $400. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20.5mm, 1.66 g, 3h). Crux type (BMC iiia, Hild. C). Bedanford (Bedford) mint; Leofnoth, moneyer. Struck circa 991-997. Draped bust left; trefoil-tipped scepter before / + LEOFNOÐ M–O BEDΛ, voided short cross; C R V X in angles. SCBI 36 (Berlin), 237 (same obv. die); Hild. 88; BMC –; North 770; SCBC 1148. Near VF, toned, peck marks. Very rare.