Watch List notes:

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.68 g, 9h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Cambridge mint; Ælfric, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. + ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG)LΘ, draped bust left; pellet behind / + · ÆLFRIC M'Θ G RΛNT, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 367; Hild 1143; BMC –; North 774; SCBC 1151. Near EF, toned.


Ex Spink 246 (28 April 2017), lot 99; F. Elmore Jones Collection (Glendining, 12 May 1971), lot 132; Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (English Part I, Glendining, 6 June 1955), lot 699 (part of).