Watch List notes:

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (18mm, 1.09 g, 6h). Helmet type (BMC viii, Hild. E). Northwic (Norwich) mint; Svertingr, moneyer. Struck 1003-1009. + EÐELRÆD REX ΛNGLO, helmeted bust left / + SPE RTG : M–O N · ORÐ, voided long cross with triple-crescent ends and pellet at center; in each quarter, trefoil on pile. SCBI 1 (Cambridge), 726 (same rev. die); cf. Hild. 3186-7 (obv. legend); BMC –; North 775; SCBC 1152. VF, toned, a few peck marks.


From the Collection of an Underwriter. Ex Spink 207 (23 March 2011), lot 34; Gordon V. Doubleday Collection (Glendining, 6 October 1987), lot 381; Duke of Argyll Collection.