Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1976. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON. Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (1.52 gm). First hand type, circa 979-985. Bedford mint; Ælfstan, moneyer. +ÆDELRED REX ANGLORX, diademed bust right / +ÆLFZTAN M-O BEDA, Hand of God flanked by A and W. SCBI -; BMC -; North 766; SCBC 1144. Toned, choice EF, faint scratch before face. ($1000)

Ex William J. Conte Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 58, 19 September 2001), lot 1732; W. C. Wells Collection.

Ælfstan of Bedford is not known as a moneyer for the First Hand type.