421, Lot: 742. Estimate $250. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (18.5mm, 1.39 g, 7h). Helmet type (BMC viii, Hild. E). Stamford mint; Svartgeirr, moneyer. Struck 1003-1009. Bust left wearing armor and radiate helmet / + SPARTGAR M•Θ SAN•, voided long cross, with pellet in center and triple crescent ends, over square with trefoil at each point. SCBI 16 (Norweb), 183 (this coin); North 775; SCBC 1152. Near VF, richly toned, some die flaws. Rare mint for type.

Ex Spink 225 (22 September 2014), lot 133; Captain "Peter" Arnot Collection (Buckland, Dix, and Wood, 21 March 1995), lot 167; Spink Numismatic Circular XCVI.4 (May 1988), no. 2873; Emery May Holden Norweb Collection (Part IV, Spink 59, 17 June 1987), lot 1219; Duke of Argyll.