421, Lot: 740. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.67 g, 4h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Shaftesbury mint; Lufa, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. Draped bust left; pellet behind neck / + LVFΛ MΩO SCEFT, voided long cross with pellet in center and triple crescent ends. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 1084 (same dies); North 774; SCBC 1151. VF, toned, holed and plugged, surface crack in center. Distinctive West Country style.