318, Lot: 1066. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.38 g, 1h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Eoferic (York) mint; Sumarlithr, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. + ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG)L ·, draped bust left; pellet behind neck / + SVM RL·ID Λ MΘ EΘFR, voided long cross, with pellet in center and triple crescent ends; saltire in second quarter, pellet in third. SCBI 21 (Yorkshire), 97 (same dies); BMC 84 var. (legends); North 774; SCBC 1151 var. (no saltire and pellet). Good VF, toned. Rare.