CNG 85, Lot: 1486. Estimate $300. Sold for $370. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.54 g, 9h). Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). Lincoln mint; Æthelnoth, moneyer. Struck circa 1009-1017. + ÆÐELRÆD REX ΛNG:, diademed and draped bust left / + ÆÐELNΘÐ MΘ LINCΘ, small cross pattée. Mossop 6 (dies K/g); SCBI 27 (Lincolnshire), 234 var. (no : at end of obv. legend); Hild. 1653; BMC -; North 777; SCBC 1154. VF, toned, peck marks.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection.