Triton XIX, Lot: 951. Estimate $1000. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelstan. 924-939. AR Penny (21mm, 1.49 g, 4h). Imitation of Small cross/Horizontal-Trefoil 1 (HT1) type (BMC i). Uncertain mint; blundered moneyer. + ÆÐLSTAN REX (Ð retrograde), small cross pattée / ERTBER (T inverted) in two lines; three crosses pattée between, trefoils above and below. Blunt, Aethelstan –; SCBI –; cf. North 668/1; cf. SCBC 1089. Good VF, toned.