CNG 85, Lot: 1456. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.55 g, 6h). Crux type (BMC iiia, Hild. C). London mint; Ælfgar, moneyer. Struck circa 991-997. + ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG)LOX, bare headed and draped bust left; scepter before / + ÆLFGAR M(–/•)O LVN, voided short cross; C R V X in angles. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 639 (same obv. die); Hild. 2037 var. (obv. legend); BMC -; North 770; SCBC 1148. Near EF, attractively toned.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection.