Watch List notes:

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (21mm, 1.85 g, 6h). Crux type (BMC iiia, Hild. C). Barnstaple mint; Beorhtsige, moneyer. Struck circa 991-997. Draped bust left; trefoil-tipped scepter to left / + BУHRSIGE M–O BEΛR, voided short cross; C–R–V–X in quarters. Brettell, Barnstaple 414-5 var. (rev. legend); SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 10 (same dies); North 770; SCBC 1148. Toned, struck from a worn obverse die, small delamination, a few minor peck marks. VF. Very rare mint.