300, Lot: 403. Estimate $100. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.44 g, 9h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). London mint; Sibwine, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. Draped bust left; pellet behind neck / +SIB PINE MOL VND, voided long cross with pellet at center and triple crescent ends. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 931 (same dies); BMC –; North 774; SCBC 1151. Fine, toned, scuffed, pierced twice on bust (probably to be used in jewelry).