410, Lot: 540. Estimate $750. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelred I. 865/6-871. AR Penny (18.5mm, 1.02 g, 12h). Lunette type A. Canterbury mint; Dudda, moneyer. Struck 867-871. AEÐELRE REX, diademed bust right / DVDD across central field; MON ETΛ in lunettes above and below, each flanked by triple-pellets. Lyons & MacKay Group 2, dies D/c, Ae3.11 = EMC 2006.0344 (this coin); North 622; SCBC 1055. Good Fine, toned. Rare.

Ex York Coins inventory (June 2010); Timeline inventory (December 2006). Found Cambridgeshire, September 2006.