421, Lot: 743. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.71 g, 6h). Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). Bath mint; Ælfweald, moneyer. Struck circa 1009-1017. Diademed and draped bust left / + ΛLFPOLD ON : BΛÐΛN, small cross pattée. Grinsell 4; SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 20; North 777; SCBC 1154. VF, toned, minor pecks. Rare mint for type, especially of this moneyer.