359, Lot: 481. Estimate $200. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.21 g, 7h). Crux type (BMC iiia, Hild. C). Lundene (London) mint; Sweting, moneyer. Struck circa 991-997. + ÆDELRED REX Λ(NG)L(ORX), draped bust left; trefoil-tipped scepter before / + SPETINC M–O LVN, voided short cross; C–R–V–X in quarters. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 937; Hild 2919; BMC –; North 770; SCBC 1148. VF, toned, a few peck marks.

Duplicate from the collection of M. A. Armstrong.