Triton XIV, Lot: 1639. Estimate $20000. Sold for $40000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Alfred the Great. 871-899. AR Penny (19mm, 1.26 g, 9h). Cross-and-Lozenge type (BMC V). London mint; Hereferth, moneyer. Struck circa 877-880s. ÆLFRE ∴ D REX, diademed bust right / hEREFERÐ MON, cross pattée within lozenge over long beaded cross; crossbars at lozenge ends, ∴ at sides. Blackburn & Keynes 24 = SCBI 1 (Fitzwilliam), 1352 var. (legends); BMC -; North 629; SCBC 1058. EMC 2010.0241 (this coin). EF, toned, small die break in hair. Great metal. Exceptional. Very rare.

Found in Winchester, Hampshire (SU 4829).