Raven Penny of Anlaf Guthfrithsson

436, Lot: 1007. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Hiberno-Norse Northumbria). Anlaf Guthfrithsson. 939-941. AR Penny (19mm, 1.15 g, 1h). Raven type. York mint; Æthelferth, moneyer. + • ANL-ΛF CVNVNCIΓ •, raven with wings displayed, head left / + •AÐEL•FERD MINETRIΓ, small cross pattée. EMC 2008.0370; CTCE group IV, a-al; SCBI 1 (Fitzwilliam), 519 (same dies); BMC 1092-6 var. (legend and stops); North 537; SCBC 1019. VF, porosity, minor deposits, edge chipped.

Found near York, 2008.