Watch List notes:

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.60 g, 9h). First Hand type (BMC iia, Hild. B1). Gipeswic (Ipswich) mint; Leofman, moneyer. Struck circa 979-985. + ÆÐILRED REX Λ(NG)L(ORX), diademed bust right / + LEOFMΛN M–O GIPES, manus Dei descending from clouds; barred Λ ω flanking. Sadler 49 (dies 1/1 – this coin); SCBI 26 (East Anglia), 1128-30 (same dies); BMC –; Hild. 1071 var. (legends); North 766; SCBC 1144. VF, toned.


From the Collection of an Underwriter. Ex St. James 5 (27 September 2006), lot 21.