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318, Lot: 1067. Estimate $500.
Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.12 g, 6h). Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). Hamtune (Northampton) mint; Leofwine, moneyer. Struck circa 1009-1017. + ÆÐELRÆÐ REX Λ(NG)·, diademed bust left; short cross pattée before / + LEOFPINE M–O H(ΛM), short cross pattée. H.A. Parsons, “Symbols and double names on late Saxon coins,” BNJ XIII (1916), p. 29 (as Southampton); SCBI 50 (Hermitage), 1366-8; BMC –; North 777 note; SCBC 1154 var. (no cross on obv.). Good VF, toned, minor flan split, a few peck marks on the reverse. Very rare.