Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 2109. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON. Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (1.65 gm, 6h). First hand type, circa 979-985. Northampton mint; Leofsige, moneyer. Diademed bust right / +LEOFSIG P-O HAPT, manus Dei flanked by A W. SCBI 9 (Ashmolean), 443 (same rev. die); North 766; SCBC 1144. VF, toned. ($400)

From the Dr. Thomas Dailey Collection.