ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (19mm, 1.37 g, 9h). Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). Stamford mint; Æscwig, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. Draped bust left; pellet behind neck / + ΛS CPGE MΩΘ STΛ, voided long cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends. SCBI 25 (Helsinki), 331 (same dies); North 774; SCBC 1151. Toned, areas of weak strike, peck marks, scrape, other minor marks. Near VF.
From the Allan Williams Collection. Ex Ahlström 50 (19 November 1994), lot 19.