Watch List notes:

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.66 g, 9h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Oxford mint; Ælfwine, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. + ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG)LΘ, draped bust left / + ÆLF PI(NE) M'Θ: ΘXNΛ, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends. SCBI 9 (Ashmolean), 557 (same rev. die); Hild. 3214; BMC –; North 774; SCBC 1151. Near EF, lightly toned.


From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex 'Collection of Pennies of Aethelred II' (Spink 212, 28 March 2012), lot 383.