Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 1253. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON. Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (1.32 gm). Last small cross type, circa 1009-1017. Thetford mint; Edwine, moneyer. +EDELRED REX ANGL•, diademed and bearded bust left / +EDPINE ON DEODFO:, small cross pattée, surrounded by four additional crosses. SCBI Copenhagen -; BMC type i, variety c; North 779; SCBC -. Toned EF, die breaks across reverse field. Very rare. ($1000)

This unusual variety, with its very distinctive bearded portrait of Aethelred, is known for only five mints: Colchester, Ipswich, Stamford, Sudbury, and Thetford.