Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 1248. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON. Kings of Wessex. Edward the Elder. 899-924 AD. AR Penny (1.60 gm). Portrait type. Early period, circa 899-910 AD. Mint in Northwest Mercia (Chester?); Buga, moneyer. + EADVVEARD REX, diademed bust left / \ BYGA +•+MON\ . C.E. Blunt, et al., Coinage in Tenth Century England, pg. 57, 7; SCBI 30, 326 (this coin); BMC -; North 651; SCBC 1084. Toned, good VF, dark iridescent patina. [See color enlargement on plate 23] ($2000)

Ex John W. Garrett Collection (Numismatic Fine Arts & Leu, 16-18 October 1984), lot 748; purchased J. Schulman, 19 March 1924 (includes collection ticket).