389, Lot: 1177. Estimate $200. Sold for $185. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.43 g, 12h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Lundene (London) mint; Godman, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. Draped bust left / + GΘ D MA N M·Θ LVND, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple crescent ends; pellet in first quarter. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 825 (same dies); North 774; SCBC 1151. VF, toned, crude strike, a couple peck marks.

From the David Wray Collection.