Triton XIV, Lot: 1640. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Aethelstan. 924-939. AR Penny (23mm, 1.54 g, 6h). Two-line/Horizontal-Trefoil 1 (HT1) Type. North-Eastern I mint; Pitit, moneyer. ÆÐEL•STAN REX, small cross pattée / PITIT MΘNE in two lines; trefoils above and below, +•+•+ between. Blunt, Aethelstan 400 = SCBI 34 (BM), 230 = BMC 123 (same dies); North 668.1b; SCBC 1089. Good VF, toned. Very rare moneyer.