CNG 85, Lot: 1466. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (19mm, 1.40 g, 3h). Long Cross type (BMC IVa, Hild. D). Exeter mint; Dunstan, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. •+ ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG)L, draped bust left; pellet behind neck / + DV•NSTΛN M•Θ EΛXE, voided long cross with pellet in center and triple crescent ends. Brettell, Exeter 47 (same rev. die); SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 166; Hild. 507; BMC 57 var. (pellets in legends); North 774; SCBC 1151. VF, lightly toned, peck marks on reverse.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection.