435, Lot: 587. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (19.5mm, 1.21 g, 12h). Last small cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). Winchester mint; Ælfsige, moneyer. Struck circa 1009-1016. Diademed and draped bust right / + ÆLFSIGE ON PINCST, small cross pattée. Harvey 679 (dies G/h); SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 1327 (same dies); North 777; SCBC 1154. Fine, toned, wavy flan, peck marks.

From the Londinium Collection.