416, Lot: 560. Estimate $200. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCANDINAVIA. Circa 997-1020. AR penny (20mm, 1.57 g, 8h). Imitation of an Æthelred II Long Cross type of the Stamford(?) mint; Thorsteinn, moneyer. (ΛVH) + И TN[...]TII, draped schematic bust right / + Ð[VS]TΛN M OO SIMI, voided long cross with triple-crescent ends and pellet at center. Malmer –; SCBI –. VF, toned, areas of weak strike, pierced and bent. Very rare.