Watch List notes:

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (21mm, 1.34 g, 5h). Second Hand type (BMC iid, Hild. B2). Wareham mint. Beorhtric, moneyer. Struck circa 985-991. + ÆÐELRÆD REX ΛNCLOX, diademed and draped bust right; scepter before / + BУRHTRIC M–O PER, manus Dei descending from clouds; flanked by barred Λ ω above pellets. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 1696; BMC –; Hild. 3953; North 768; SCBC 1146. EF, rich colorful tone, hairline edge crack at 3 o'clock. Very rare type at Wareham.


From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Spink 207 (23 March 2011), lot 28; E. M. Norweb Collection (Part1, Spink 45, 13 June 1985), lot 67; H. Symonds Collection (Glendining, 26 September 1973), lot 37.