ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (21mm, 1.46 g, 2h). First Hand type (BMC iia, Hild. B1). York mint; Ulfr, moneyer. Struck circa 979-985. Diademed and draped bust right / + VLF M–O EOFERPI, manus Dei descending from clouds; barred Λ ω flanking. SCBI 29 (Merseyside), 514 var. (rev. legend); North 766; SCBC 1144. Lightly toned, minor roughness. VF. Flip-over double strike resulting in 'ω' appearing on obverse.
From the Allan Williams Collection. Ex Dolphin FPL 3 (1993), no. 5060. Reportedly from an unpublished hoard found near York, circa March/April 1992.