ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.73 g, 6h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Wallingford mint; Ælfric, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. + ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG)LΘ, draped bust left; pellet behind / + ÆLF RIC M ΩΘ P ELIG, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends. SCBI 9 (Ashmolean), 579 (same dies); Hild 3897; BMC –; North 774; SCBC 1151. Choice EF, deeply toned.
Ex Allan Williams Collection; William H. Pheatt Collection (Buckland, Dix, & Wood 12, 21 March 1995), lot 531, purchased November 1972.
