CNG 85, Lot: 1448. Estimate $300. Sold for $230. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (19mm, 1.10 g, 9h). First Hand type (BMC iia, Hild. B1). Lincoln mint; Colgrim, moneyer. Struck circa 979-985. + ÆÐELRÆD REX ΛNGL(ORX), diademed and draped bust right / + COLGRI M–O LINCOLE, manus Dei descending from clouds; barred Λ ω flanking. Mossop 25-6 (unlisted dies); SCBI 50 (Hermitage), 275; Hild. -; BMC -; North 766; SCBC 1144. VF, toned, broken and repaired. Rare.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection.