349, Lot: 657. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (19mm, 1.12 g, 9h). Last small cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). Lundene (London) mint; Leofstan, moneyer. Struck circa 1009-1017. +ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGL(ORX), diademed and draped bust left / + LÆOFSTΛ M·Ω·N LVID, small cross pattée. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 865 (same dies); cf. Hild 2663-5 ; BMC 184; North 777; SCBC 1154. Near VF, toned, peck marks.

From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex Davissons 28 (17 December 2009), lot 370.