413, Lot: 700. Estimate $150. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (19.5mm, 1.37 g, 9h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Lundene (London) mint; Aelfwine, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. •+• ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ•(NG)L, draped bust left / + ÆLF PI(NE) M'Θ L VND, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 677; North 774; SCBC 1151. VF, toned, pierced, with resulting flan crack, a few pecks.

From the Norman Frank Collection.