434, Lot: 573. Estimate $150. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.16 g, 9h). Second Hand type (BMC iid, Hild. B2). London mint; Beornwulf, moenyer. Struck circa 985-991. Diademed and draped bust right; trefoil-tipped scepter before / + BEORNVLF M–O LVN, manus Dei descending from clouds; across field, barred Λ Ш between pellets. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 715 (same dies); North 768; SCBC 1146. VF, toned, wavy flan.

From the Londinium Collection.