312, Lot: 302. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Eadgar. 959-975. AR Penny (20mm, 1.54 g, 3h). Reform small cross type (BMC vi). London mint; Aethelsige, moneyer. Struck circa 972/3-975. Diademed bust left / +ÆDELSIGE M TO LVN•, small cross pattée. Hild. –; SCBI –; BMC –; North 752; SCBC 1141; EMC 2012.0246 (this coin). VF, wavy flan with some edge loss and small cracks, light porosity. Unrecorded moneyer for this type from London.

Found in 2012 near Wareham, Dorset.