ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.70 g, 4h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Lincoln mint; Grimr, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. Draped bust left; pellet behind neck / + GR IM M ΩN LI NCOL, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends. Mossop 31 (dies C/d); SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 556 (same obv. die); North 774; SCBC 1151. Pecked and crimped. Near VF.
From the Allan Williams Collection. Ex Morton & Eden 80 (13 June 2016), lot 644 (part of).