ANGLO-SAXON. Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (1.26 gm, 9h). Second hand type, circa 985-991. London mint; moneyer Leofstan.

+ÆDELRÆD REX ANGLbX, diademed bust right; sceptre surmounted by cross pommée before.
+LEOFSTAN M-O LVND, manus Dei extending down from clouds between A W; two dots in field. 

SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 879; BMC 207; North 768; SCBC 1146. 

Ex Knobloch Collection (Stacks/Coin Galleries, 12 
November, 1986), lot 1013.

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