CNG 87, Lot: 2076. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Aethelstan. 924-939. AR Penny (22mm, 1.54 g, 12h). Small cross/Horizontal (HT 1) type (BMC i). North Eastern I mint; Winele, moneyer. Struck circa 924-927. ÆÐELSTAN REX, small cross pattée / PINE/LE HO in two lines; +++ between, ∴ above and below. Blunt, Aethelstan 408; SCBI 6 (Edinburgh), 142; SCBI 34 (BM), -; North 668.1b; SCBC 1089. Near EF, toned. Excellent metal.

From the TJH Collection.