CNG 90, Lot: 2357. Estimate $300. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Northumbria. Aethelred II. First reign, 841-843/4. CU Styca (13mm, 1.31 g, 6h). Phase II. Group A. Eoferwic (York) mint; Leofdegn, moneyer. + EDELRED REX, large ‘Mercian’ M within annulet / + LEOFDEGN, short cross pattée within annulet. Pirie 182-3 (same obv. die); North 188; SCBC 866. VF. Rare.

From the Peter Moffat Collection.