CNG 96, Lot: 1402. Estimate $1000. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Edward the Elder. 899-924. AR Penny (23mm, 1.63 g, 3h). Circumscription cross/Horizontal-Trefoil 1 (HT 1) type (BMC ii). Mercia Northeast dies (Stanford [Stamford] mint?); Badda, moneyer. Late period II, circa 920-924. + EADVVEARD REX, small cross pattée / BAD/DA M–O in two lines; three crosses pattée between, trefoils above and below. CTCE 82ii; SCBI 26, 129 (same rev. die); BMC –; North 649; SCBC 1087. Good VF, toned.