407, Lot: 731. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. 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; Æthelnoth, moneyer. Struck circa 1009-1017. Diademed and draped bust left / + EÐLNOÐ M-O LINCOL :, small cross pattée. Mossop dies O/p; SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), –; North 777; SCBC 1154. VF, deeply toned, small flan crack and striking stress fracture, peck marks. Rare moneyer.

From the B.H. Webb Collection.