Watch List notes:

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 0.95 g, 6h). Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). Lydford mint; Godric, moneyer. Struck circa 1009-1017. Diademed and draped bust left / + GODRIC ON LУDΛNFO·, small cross pattée. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 987 (same dies); North 777; SCBC 1154. Good VF, rich old tone, small mark on edge.


From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex K. Smalley Collection (Spink 219, 24 September 2013), lot 136; F. Elmore Jones Collection (Glendinings, 12 May 1971), lot 554.