CNG 102, Lot: 1430. Estimate $750. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelstan. 924-939. AR Penny (21.5mm, 1.57 g, 5h). Small cross/Horizontal-Trefoil 1 (HT 1) type (BMC i). Winchester mint; Æthelwulf, moneyer. Small cross pattée / AÐEL·/VLF MO in two lines; three crosses pattée between, trefoil above and below. Blunt, Aethelstan 15; SCBI 6 (Edinburgh), 120 (same dies); North 668/1b; SCBC 1089. Good VF, toned. Neat style.