445, Lot: 719. Estimate $300. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (21mm, 1.21 g, 9h). Crux type (BMC iiia, Hild. C). London mint; Eadwine, moneyer. Struck circa 991-997. Draped bust left; trefoil-tipped scepter before / + EDPINE M–O LVND, voided short cross; C R V X in angles. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 797; North 770; SCBC 1148. VF, toned, struck with slightly worn dies.
From the Johnson Family Collection. Ex Coin Galleries Numismatic Review V/4 (1964), no. D784.