Watch List notes:

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20.5mm, 1.64 g, 9h). First Hand type (BMC iia, Hild. B1). Thetford mint; Sperling, moneyer. Struck circa 979-985. Diademed and draped bust right / + SPУRLING M(barred O) ÐEOTFOR, manus Dei descending from clouds; barred Λ ω flanking. SCBI 26 (East Anglia), 1148; North 766; SCBC 1144. Some spotting. VF.

From the Allan Williams Collection, purchased from Colonial Rare Coins. Apparently found around York circa March/April 1992 as part of a hoard, all of this type.