Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. Crux type. London mint, 978-1016. Aelfnoth, moneyer. ✠ ÆÐELRED REX Λ[NG]LOX, diademed and draped bust to left, holding sceptre surmounted by cross pommée / [✠] ÆLFNOÐ M-O LVN, voided short cross with pellet in centre and CRVX in angles. SCBI Copenhagen 648; BMC 212 var. (rev. legend); Hildebrand 2066-2068; North 770; SCBC 1148. 1.64g, 20mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine; minor flan crack, remains of suspension attachment at 9h, attractive cabinet tone. Very Rare; only one other example of the type from this moneyer on CoinArchives.
From a private UK collection.