CNG 85, Lot: 1443. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Alfred the Great. 871-899. AR Penny (20mm, 1.46 g, 12h). Two-line type, ‘Edward the Elder’ style (BMC xv). Winchester dies; Æthelwulf, moneyer. Struck circa 880-899. ΛEL FRE DREX, small cross pattée / + AÐEL/VLF M in two lines across field, pellet above and below, three small crosses between. SCBI 26 (East Anglia), 72 (same dies); BMC 444-6 var. (MO); North 639; SCBC 1067. Good VF, toned, short edge crack.