Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 2161. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $6200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (1.55 gm). First hand type, circa 979-985. Horncastle mint. Ætheln, moneyer. + ÆDLRED REX ANE, diademed bust right / + ADELHNI ON HOR, manus Dei extending down between L and W. North 766; F. Elmore Jones, "A Note on the Mint of Horncastle," BNJ XXXVII (1968), 1, pg. 192, fig. 3; Seaby 1144. Toned Fine/VF. Extremely rare, the second example of this type, one of only four coins known from this mint and the only example available to the collector! ($7500)

Dr. William J. Conte Collection of Late Anglo Saxon, Part 2; ex First Hand Hoard.