Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 2137. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Edward the Elder. 899-924. AR Penny (1.39 g, 2h). Circumscription cross/Horizontal (HT 1) type. Winchester dies; Rihard, moneyer. Late II period, circa 920-924. + EADVVEARD REX, small cross pattée / RIHA/RD MO in two lines; \ above and below, + + + between. CTCE 255; SCBI 26 (East Anglia), 162; BMC -; North 649; SCBC 1087. Good VF, toned, minor roughness.

From the Ross Schraeder Collection.