CNG 87, Lot: 2073. Estimate $3000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Aethelwulf. 839-858. AR Penny (20mm, 1.27 g, 4h). Open Cross type (BMC xvii). Cantebury or Rochester mint; Torhtulf, moneyer. Phase IV, circa 855-859. + ΛEÐELVVLF REX, diademed bust right / + TORHT VLF MO N E T Λ within and around open cross. SCBI 1 (Fizwilliam), 532; BMC 76; North 618; SCBC 1051. Good VF, toned.

From the TJH Collection. Ex Davissons 7 (21 August 1996), lot 218; Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (Glendining, 26 April 1960), lot 3624; L.A. Lawrence Collection; C.A. Watters Collection.