Watch List notes:

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.67 g, 3h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Northwic (Norwich) mint; Svertingr, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. + ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG)L(OR)X, bust left / + SVE RTIC M'O N ORÐ, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 1032 (same dies); Hild. 3188; BMC –; North 774; SCBC 1151. Near EF, richly toned.


From the Collection of an Underwriter. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CXVI.6 (December 2008), no. HS3629; F. Elmore Jones Collection (Glendining, 12 May 1971), lot 619.