413, Lot: 701. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. Cut AR Halfpenny (20mm, 0.95 g, 7h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Totanæs (Totnes) mint; –stan, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. [+ ÆÐ]ELRÆD REX Λ(NG)[L(ORX)], draped bust left / [+ ÆLF] STΛ N M'Θ [TOTΛ], voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends. SCBI 36 (Berlin), 445 (same dies); North 774; SCBC 1151. Near EF, toned, flan crack from cutting.

From the Norman Frank Collection.