285, Lot: 496. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (16mm, 0.79 g). First small cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). Uncertain mint and moneyer. Struck circa 978-979. Diademed and draped bust left / Short cross pattée. SCBI –; North 764; SCBC 1143. VF, toned, a fragment not cut as a halfpenny, but interestingly formed preserving the portrait. Dies unlisted in SCBI. Rare type.