CNG 85, Lot: 1474. Estimate $300. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.62 g, 6h). Long Cross type (BMC IVa, Hild. D). Winchester mint; Beorhtnoth, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. + ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG)L(ORX), draped bust left; pellet behind neck / + BУRHTNOÐ M•ΩO PIN, voided long cross with pellet in center and triple crescent ends. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 1372 (same dies); Hild. 4169; BMC 375; North 774; SCBC 1151. VF, toned, some porosity.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection.