Aethelred II Penny, first hand type, Ipswich, Waltferth AU58

Aethelred II (978-1016),silver Penny, first hand type (c.979-985), Ipswich Mint, Moneyer Waltferth, diademed bust right, Latin legend and linear circles surrounding, +ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLOX, the NG ligatured,rev.hand of Providence from straight clouds, A and hyphen to left, w and hyphen to right, Latin legend and linear circles surrounding, + PALTFERÐ M-O GIP (BMC type IIb; SCBI 26:1134-5 East Anglia; Sadler p.57-69,cf.fig.104; N.766; S.1144).Darker tone, has been graded and slabbed by PCGS as AU58 with a pleasing portrait.