429, Lot: 414. Estimate $300. Sold for $370. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.50 g, 8h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Gloucester mint; Leofsige, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. + EÐELRED REX Λ(NG)IΘ, draped bust left; pellet behind / + LEΘ FSIG E M’O GLEΛ, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends. SCBI 19 (Bristol & Gloucester), 36 (“possibly Hiberno-Norse”; same dies); North 774; SCBC 1151. Fine, toned, peck marks.

Ex Alan Williams Collection; Spink Numismatic Circular XCVIII.2 (March 1990), no. 953; Gordon V. Doubleday Collection (Glendining’s, 6 October 1987), lot 140 (part of).