CNG 85, Lot: 1490. Estimate $300. Sold for $310. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.59 g, 6h). Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). York mint; Sumarlithr, moneyer. Struck circa 1009-1017. + EÐELRED REX Λ(NG)LORV:, diademed and draped bust left / + SVMRLEÐ•Λ•M(•/–)O EOFR:, small cross pattée. SCBI 21 (Yorkshire), 127 (same dies); Hild. 894-5 var. (legends); BMC -; North 777; SCBC 1154. Good VF, toned, peck marks.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection.