CNG 105, Lot: 1199. Estimate $500. 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, 1.42 g, 4h). Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). Lincoln mint; Asfrøthr, moneyer. Struck circa 1009-1017. Diademed and draped bust left / + OSFERÐ MO LINCOL, small cross pattée. Mossop dies K/l; SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 565 (same dies); North 777; SCBC 1154. Near EF, toned, a few peck marks on reverse. Well struck.

From the Collection of a Classicist.