ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.25 g, 9h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Lydford mint; Goda, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. EF.

Keystone 16 – The David C. Bianchi II Collection
Lot: 62.
Closing Date: May 20 2026 10:00 ET

British – Anglo-Saxon & Norman, Silver

Estimate: $ 150

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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.25 g, 9h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Lydford mint; Goda, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. Draped bust left; pellet behind neck / + G·Θ DΛ M Ω · Θ L УDΛ, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends. North 774; SCBC 1151. Old cabinet toning, peck marks, pierced. EF.

From the David C. Bianchi II Collection, purchased from Spink, November 1986. Ex F. Elmore-Jones Collection (Glendining, 12 May 1971), lot 549.

The English pennies with reverse type of the Long Cross were struck in large numbers and were paid out in Danegeld. Reported payments totaled £180,000 (perhaps 43.2 million pennies). These pennies were widely imitated in Scandinavia and Hiberno-Norse Dublin.

Closing Date and Time: 20 May 2026 at 10:20:20 ET.



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