ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.54 g, 6h). Crux type (BMC iiia, Hild. C). Southwark mint Ælfric, moneyer. Struck circa 991-997. Draped bust left; trefoil-tipped scepter to left / + ÆLFRIC M–O SVDG, voided short cross; C–R–V–X in quarters. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), var. (rev. legend; same obv. die); North 770; SCBC 1148. Slight double strike. Light tone. Good VF.
Ex Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection; Coin Galleries (5 November 1997), lot 1902.
