Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 2302. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Wessex. Aethelstan. 924-939 AD. AR Penny (1.27 gm). Rossette/cross type. Chester mint. Ælfwiene, moneyer. + TO B RX ED'ELSTAN, small rosette / + ELFVPIENE M-O LEGCR, small cross pattée. C.E. Blunt, "The Coinage of Aethelstan, 924-939: A Survey," BNJ 42 (1974), pl. XIV, 337 (same dies); North 682; Seaby 1094. Toned VF, wavy flan. ($750)