366, Lot: 1085. Estimate $200. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.58 g, 9h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Lincolne (Lincoln) mint; Drengr, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. + ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG)LO, draped bust left; pellet behind neck / + DR ENG M•Ω•Θ LINC, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends. Mossop pl. XI, 29 (dies B/d); SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 535 (same obv. die); Hild 1713; BMC 164 var. (legends); North 774; SCBC 1151. Near EF, toned, areas of weak strike.