397, Lot: 842. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Alfred the Great. 871-899. AR Penny (18.5mm, 0.92 g, 3h). Lunettes A type (BMC i). Canterbury mint(?); Torhtmund, moneyer. Struck 871-circa 875. + AELBRED REX, small diademed bust right breaking inner circle / TOR(HT)MV across central field; ·(ND) MO· ·(NE)TΛ· in lunettes above and below. Lyons & MacKay, Lunettes, Group 1, variant I, AfL1.118 var. = SCBI 67 (BM), 1400 var. (triple-pellets at top of rev.); North 626; SCBC 1057. Fine, toned, edge chipped, deposits. Very rare, only two examples of this moneyer noted by Lyons & MacKay.