280, Lot: 448. Estimate $200. Sold for $301. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.31 g, 8h). Second Hand type (BMC iid, Hild. B2). Lundene (London) mint; Aethered, moneyer. Struck circa 985-991. Diademed and draped bust right; scepter before / Manus Dei descending from clouds; across field, barred Λ Ш between pellets. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), -; BMC 201; North 768; SCBC 1146. Good VF, toned, peck marks, thin surface cracks.

From the Tradewinds Collection.