Viking Traded Aethelred II 'London Goda' First Hand Penny
Silver, 1.48 grams, 18.78 mm. First Hand Type, BMC iia; 979-985 AD. Obverse: profile bust right with +EDELRED REX ANGLOR legend. Reverse: Hand of Providence issuing from cloud with alpha and omega to sides and +GODA M-O LVDONI legend for the moneyer Goda at the London mint. S. 1144; N. 766. Near very fine with small piercing for use as a necklace pendant and a few Viking peck marks.