Watch List notes:

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.28 g, 5h). Last Small Cross type variety (BMC i var., Hild. Ac). Thetford mint; Wulfnoth, moneyer. Struck circa 1009-1016. + EDELRÆD REX ΛN, diademed bust left / + PVFNOÐ MO ÐEOD, short cross pattée, with smaller cross pattée at each limb. Carson 71 var. (rev. legend); SCBI 30 (American), 485 var. (legends); Hild. –; BMC –; North 779; SCBC 1154 var. (no smaller crosses). Choice EF, lustrous. Very rare variety with crosses in field on reverse.


From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Millennia Collection (Goldberg 46, 26 May 2008), lot 229; Dr. J.Y. Terner Collection.