ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.51 g, 2h). First Hand type (BMC iia, Hild. B1). York mint; Kolgrimr, moneyer. Struck circa 979-985. Diademed and draped bust right / + COLGRIM M–O EFERPI, manus Dei descending from clouds; barred Λ ω flanking. SCBI 29 (Merseyside), 517 (same obv. die); North 766; SCBC 1144. Bright surfaces with some toning, slightly weak portrait. VF.
From the Allan Williams Collection, purchased from Colonial Rare Coins, August 1992. Reportedly from an unpublished hoard found near York, circa March/April 1992.