Triton XIX, Lot: 920. Estimate $7500. Sold for $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelstan. 924-939. AR Penny (21mm, 1.55 g, 7h). Bust Diademed/Circumscription Cross type (BMC x). North East III mint; Arnulfr, moneyer. ÆDELSTAN REX (S horizontal, T inverted), crowned bust right / + ΛRNVLF ME FECIT, small cross patttée. Cf. Blunt, Aethelstan 428 (different rev. legend); SCBI –; North 676; SCBC 1102 (this coin illustrated). Good VF, toned, some light marks otherwise excellent metal. Extremely rare with this high relief portrait and a most interesting reverse reading.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Ormonde Coins (3 May 2015), no. 363.

The Standard Catalogue of British Coins (50th edition) plate coin.