375, Lot: 818. Estimate $400. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.51 g, 12h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Lydanford (Lydford) mint; Ælfstan, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. Draped bust left; pellet behind neck / + ÆLFSTΛN M•Ω•O LYDΛ, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 976 var. (rev. legend; same obv. die); Hild. 3025; BMC –; North 774; SCBC 1151. Near EF, toned, slight wave, traces of luster. Rare mint.