432, Lot: 535. Estimate $200. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.41 g, 4h). Helmet type (BMC viii, Hild. E). Wallingford mint; Eadwig, moneyer. Struck circa 1003-1009. Bust left wearing armor and radiate helmet / + ED PIG M’Θ P EL(NG), voided long cross, with pellet in center and triple crescent ends, over square with trefoil at each point. SCBI 17 (Midlands), 275 var. (rev. legend); North 775; SCBC 1152. Fine, toned, porosity, marks. Rare.