Aethelred II, AR penny. AD 987-1013 and 1014-1016. First Hand type. York mint. Moneyer Ztyr (Styrkarr or Stircol). 21 mm, 1.42 g.

+AEDELRED REX ANGLO X, diademed and draped bust right.
+ZTYR M-O EOFER around hand of Providence emerging from clouds between barred A and w.

Tooze 1026. Moneyer var of North 766; Seaby 1144; BMC type IIb; SCBI 7 (Copenhagen) 298.

Contributed by RWVS, April 2022.

(Ref: Dix Noonan and Webb, auction 163 (John Tooze Collection), lot 1026, September 2019).