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CNG 85, Lot: 1467. Estimate $300.
Sold for $675. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.66 g, 6h). Long Cross type (BMC IVa, Hild. D). Exeter mint; Dunstan, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. + ÆÐEL•RÆD REX Λ(NG)L, draped bust left; pellet behind neck / +• DVNSTΛN M•Θ EΛXE, voided long cross with pellet in center and triple crescent ends. Brettell, Exeter 50 (same rev. die); SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 166 var. (pellets in legend); Hild. 507; BMC 57; North 774; SCBC 1151. Good VF, lightly toned, peck mark on reverse.


From the Marie Karlsson Collection.