Triton XVII, Lot: 1426. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelstan. 924-939. AR Penny (23mm, 1.39 g, 12h). Small cross/Horizontal-Trefoil 1 (HT 1) type (BMC i). North Eastern III(?) mint; Sproc, moneyer. + ÆÐESTΛИ REX, small cross pattée / SPROC/MONETΛ in two lines; + + + between, trefoils above and below. Blunt, Aethelstan –; SCBI –; cf. North 668/1; SCBC 1089. Good VF, faint scratches. Extremely rare moneyer, unrecorded for this type.