CNG 96, Lot: 1412. Estimate $500. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.60 g, 7h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Lundene (London) mint; Sweting, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. + ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG)L•, draped bust left; pellet behind neck / + SPETINC M‘O LVND, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 940; Hild 2924; BMC 260 var. (pellets flanking cross on obv.); North 774; SCBC 1151. VF, toned, peck marks.

From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Croydon Coin Auctions 131 (17 October 1995), lot 823.