434, Lot: 577. Estimate $100. 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, 1.23 g, 1h). Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). Exeter mint; Beorhstan, moneyer. Struck circa 1009-1016. Diademed and draped bust left / + BУRHSTΛN ON EΛXC, small cross pattée. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 158 (same dies); North 777; SCBC 1154. Near EF, toned, wavy, edge loss, small perforation.

From the Londinium Collection.