434, Lot: 574. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20.5mm, 1.22 g, 12h). Crux type (BMC iiia, Hild. C). Southwark mint; Ælfric, moneyer. Struck circa 991-997. Draped bust left; trefoil-tipped scepter before / + ÆLFRIC M–O SVDBУ, voided short cross; C R V X in angles. SCBI 25 (Helsinki), 100; North 770; SCBC 1148. Near EF, toned, wavy flan, flan cracks and splits.

From the Londinium Collection.