Watch List notes:

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.52 g, 3h). First Hand type (BMC iia, Hild. B1). Londene (London) mint; Asketill, moneyer. Struck circa 991. + ÆÐELRÆD REX ΛNGL(ORX), diademed bust right / + OSCУTEL M–O LVNDO, manus Dei descending from clouds; barred Λ ω flanking. SCBI 20 (Mack), 823; BMC –; Hild. 2846; North 766; SCBC 1144. Good VF, toned, wavy flan, a couple peck marks.


From the Marshall Faintich Collection. Ex Malloy 63 (26 November 2001), lot 807.