375, Lot: 819. Estimate $400. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (19.5mm, 1.74 g, 4h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Hamtune (Northampton) mint; Æthelnoth, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. Draped bust left; pellet behind neck / + ÆLÐELNOÐ M•O HΛM, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 393–4; Hild. 1239; BMC 111 var. (legends); North 774; SCBC 1151. Good VF, toned, some light deposits.