417, Lot: 564. Estimate $250. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Cut Halfpenny (19mm, 0.58 g). First Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). Uncertain mint (Lincoln or Stamford); Æscman, moneyer. Struck circa 978-979. Diademed and draped bust left / [+] ΛSCMΛN M[....], small cross pattée. EMC 2014.0136 (this coin, there as ‘Last Small Cross’ type); North 764; SCBC 1143. VF. Very rare.

Found Wordwell, Suffolk 2014.