403, Lot: 754. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.39 g, 7h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). York mint; Ketill, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. Draped bust left; pellet behind neck / + CУ· TEL M ΩΘ E Θ·FR, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple crescent ends. SCBI 9 (Ashmolean), 588 (same dies); BMC 80 var. (legends); North 774; SCBC 1151. VF, toned. Bold portrait.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 930175 (August 2012); Spink Numismatic Circular CXVII.3 (July 2009), no. HS3803.