Watch List notes:

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.47 g, 12h). Southampton mint; Æthelman, moneyer. Struck circa 979-985. Diademed and draped bust right / + ÆÐELMAN M-O HAMPI, manus Dei descending from clouds; barred Λ ω flanking. SCBI –; North 766; SCBC 1144. Toned, some smoothing on bust. Near VF. Very rare.

Ex Lord Stewartby (Part I, Spink 234, 22 March 2016), lot 220; F. Elmore Jones (Glendining (12 May 1971), lot 743; W.C. Wells Collection (purchased by Baldwin's after 1949).