CNG 85, Lot: 1465. Estimate $300. Sold for $430. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.47 g, 6h). Long Cross type (BMC IVa, Hild. D). Bath mint; Hildsige, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. + ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG), draped bust left; pellet behind neck / + HILDSIGE M•Θ BΛÐ, voided long cross with pellet in center and triple crescent ends. Grinsell 4; SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 25 var. (M•Ω•Θ not M•Θ); Hild. 69; BMC -; North 774; SCBC 1151. VF, peck marks. Rare variety.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection.