432, Lot: 532. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.68 g, 3h). Benediction Hand type (BMC iif, Hild. B3). Winchester mint; Beorhtnoth, moneyer. Struck circa 991. Draped bust right; cross before / + BRVHTNOÐ M–O PI, manus Dei, in Latin benediction form, descending from clouds; small cross pattée in clouds. Harvey 250 (dies A/a); SCBI –; North 769; SCBC 1147. VF, toned, wavy flan. Very rare.