ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Alfred the Great. 871-899. AR Penny (20mm, 1.49 g, 12h). Two-line (’Guthram’) type (BMC xiv). Winchester dies; Æthelræd, moneyer. Struck circa 880-899. Good VF.

CNG Feature Auction 132
Lot: 1056. Estimated: $ 5 000

British, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

Sold For $ 13 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Alfred the Great. 871-899. AR Penny (20mm, 1.49 g, 12h). Two-line (’Guthram’) type (BMC xiv). Winchester dies; Æthelræd, moneyer. Struck circa 880-899. ΛEL FRE D REX, small cross pattée / ÆÐER/ED MO in two lines; three crosses between. SCBI 26 (East Anglia), 66 (same dies); North 639; SCBC 1067. Richly toned, peck mark. Good VF. Rare.

From the Thomas Palmer Collection. Ex Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection (Triton XXVIII, 14 January 2025), lot 1049 (hammer $14,000), purchased from C.H. Wolfe, August 1975; Lord Grantley Collection (Part III, 22 March 1944), lot 1011; J.G. Murdoch Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 11 May 1903), lot 90; H. Montagu (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 18 November 1895), lot 560; R.W. Marsham-Townsend Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 19 November 1888), lot 150.


The final winners of all CNG Feature Auction 132 lots will be determined at the live online sale that will be held on 18-19 May 2026.

CNG Feature Auction 132 – Session Four – Lot 889-1124 will be held Tuesday afternoon, 19 May 2026 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.

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