345, Lot: 680. Estimate $200. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (19mm, 1.70 g, 6h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Lundene (London) mint; Leofstan, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. Draped bust left / Voided long cross, with central pellet and triple crescent ends. SCBI 25 (Helsinki), 287-8 (same dies); BMC 252; North 774; SCBC 1151. VF, overcleaned, some die rust.

From the Patrick H. James Collection.