396, Lot: 657. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.43 g, 12h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Shrewsbury mint; Leofnoth, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. Draped bust left / + LEO FNOÐ M •Ω• O (retrograde Z)CRO, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple crescent ends. SCBI 17 (Midlands), 246 (same dies); North 774; SCBC 1151. VF, crimped flan, minor peck marks. Rare.

Purchased from Baldwin’s, Februaty 2006. Ex ‘Russian hoard near St. Petersburg’.