Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 1249. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $2700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON. Kings of Wessex. Aethelstan. 924-939 AD. AR Penny (1.54 gm). Rosette type. Chester mint; Ælfwine, moneyer. +ÆDELSTAN REX TO BR ('Rex Totius Britanniae'), small rosette / + ÆLF•VINE MO LEIEC, small rosette. C.E. Blunt, "The Coinage of Aethelstan, 924-939: A Survey," BNJ 42 (1974), 345; SCBI 30, 342 (this coin); BMC -; North 680; SCBC 1098. Toned EF, light graffiti in obverse field. ($1500)

Ex John W. Garrett Collection (Numismatic Fine Arts & Leu, 16-18 October 1984), lot 748; purchased from Wayte Raymond, 19 May 1921 (includes collection ticket).