CNG 93, Lot: 1869. Estimate $7500. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelstan. 924-939. AR Penny (21mm, 1.41 g, 6h). Bust Crowned (BC) type (BMC viii). Canterbury(?) mint; Æthelfrith, moneyer. Struck 933-938. + ÆÐELSTN REX, crowned bust right / + ÆÐELFREÐ MON, small cross pattée. Blunt, Aethelstan 310; SCBI 34 (BM), 165 (same dies); North 673; SCBC 1094. EF, attractively toned. Excellent portrait. Rare.