ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.80 g, 9h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Shaftesbury mint; Goda, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. Draped bust left; pellet behind neck / + GO DΛ M ΩO S CEFT, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 1081 (same dies); North 774; SCBC 1151. Richly toned with some iridescence. Superb EF.
Ex Williams (Part I, Spink 252, 27 March 2018), lot 83; Spink Numismatic Circular CI.4 (May 1993), no. 2602; G.V. Doubleday (Glendining, 6 October 1987), lot 435; L.A. Lawrence (Part II, Glendining, 14 March 1951), lot 258 (part of).
