141, Lot: 256. Estimate $500. Sold for $635. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Eadred. 946-955. AR Penny (21mm, 1.23 g, 12h). Agtard, moneyer. + EADRED REX around between inner and outer circles; + at center / AGTAR/DES MOT in two lines, divided by three crosses; rosettes above and below. CTCE 112; SCBI 34 (BM), 596; BMC 10; North 707; SCBC 1113 (same obverse die as plate coin). VF, toned, edge chip.

CTCE attributes this coin to a north midlands mint, probably Chester or Derby.