454, Lot: 548. Estimate $150. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (21mm, 1.41 g, 3h). Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). Bath mint; Ælfweald, moneyer. Struck circa 1009-1016. Diademed and draped bust left / + ΛLFPOLD ON : BΛÐ, small cross pattée. Grinsell –; SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 20 var. (rev. legend; same obv. die); North 777; SCBC 1154. Toned, cracked around part of inner circle and some letters, small rim perforation. VF. Rare.