424, Lot: 668. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Northumbria. Æthelred II. First or second reign, 841-843/4 and 843/4-849/50. Æ Styca (12mm, 1.09 g, 3h). York mint; Leofdegn, moneyer. + EDELRED REX around central six-pointed star / + LEOFDEGИ around central short cross pattée with pellets in quarters. Pirie, Guide 3.10c; North 188; SCBC 865. Good VF, brown surfaces.

From the M. Lessen Collection, purchased from Spink, 1970.