Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 1334. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (1.77 gm). Bath mint; Ælfric, moneyer. Long cross type, circa 997-1003. +ÆDELRÆD REX ANGLOR, bare headed bust left / +•ÆL FRIC MWO BAD, voided long cross with triple-crescent ends that extends to the edge of the flan. North 774; SCBC 1151. Deeply toned, good VF. Wonderful golden toning in the devices. Rare mint. ($500)

From the William J. Conte Collection.