CNG 97, Lot: 1007. Estimate $1000. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Edward the Elder. 899-924. AR Penny (23mm, 1.62 g, 3h). Local imitation of Circumscription cross/Horizontal-Trefoil 1 (HT 1) type (BMC ii). + EADVVEARD RE+, small cross pattée / OEAIB D(ME)OM (D retrograde) in two lines; +++ between, trefoils above and below. SCBI 26 (East Anglia), 209–12 (same dies); BMC –; North 649; SCBC 1087. Near EF, lightly toned.

From the Collection of an Underwriter. Ex Spink 217 (26 June 2013), lot 571.