377, Lot: 709. Estimate $500. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (21mm, 1.49 g, 6h). Crux (BMC IIIa) type. Sudbury or Southwark mint; Beorhtlaf, moneyer. Struck circa 991-997. + ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG)L(ORX), bare headed bust left; scepter before / + BУRHTLAF M–O SVÐB•, voided short cross; C R V X in angles. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 1166 (same dies); BMC 329 (Sudbury); North 770; SCBC 1148. Good VF, toned, a couple peck marks.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 867355 (April 2010); William J. Conte Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 58, 19 September 2001), lot 1745.