366, Lot: 1072. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.56 g, 9h). First Hand type (BMC iia, Hild. B1). Lundoni (London) mint; Ælfgar, moneyer. Struck circa 979-985. + ÆÐELRÆD REX ΛNGL(ORX), draped bust right / + ÆLFGΛR M–O LVNDONI, manus Dei descending from clouds; barred Λ ω flanking. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 638 (same rev. die); Hild 2029; BMC –; North 766; SCBC 1144. Near EF.