344, Lot: 608. Estimate $500. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (19mm, 1.56 g, 1h). Long Cross type (BMC IVa, Hild. D). Ecxeceastre (Exeter) mint; Dunstan, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. + ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG)L, draped bust left; pellet behind neck / +· DV NSTΛ N M'Θ EΛXE, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends. Brettell, Exeter 50 (same dies); SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 168; Hild. 507; BMC 57; North 774; SCBC 1151. Good VF, attractive iridescent toning, bent and straightened.