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CNG 90, Lot: 2389. Estimate $2000.
Sold for $1900. 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, 9h). Last Small Cross type variety (BMC ia, Hild. Aa). Theodford (Thetford) mint; Fastulf, moneyer. Struck circa 1009-1017. + ÆDELRÆD REX Λ(NG)X, diademed bust right / + FΛSTVF M–O ÐEOTF, short cross pattée. Carson –; SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 1214 (same dies); cf. Hild. 3741 (bust left); BMC –; North 780; SCBC 1154A. Near EF, lightly toned. Very rare bust right variety.


From the Collection of an Underwriter. Ex ‘Charles’ Collection (Dix, Noonan, Webb 93, 26 September 2011), lot 1023.