271, Lot: 195. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Aethelstan. 924-939. AR Penny (22mm, 1.63 g, 2h). Circumscription Cross type (BMC v). Eoferwic (York) mint; Ragnaldr, moneyer. + EÐEL̆STΛN REX TO BRIΓ, small cross pattée / + REGИΛLD MŌ EFORÞIC, small cross pattée. Blunt, Aethelstan pl. X, 234 var. (legends); SCBI 11a (Copenhagen), 49 (same dies); BMC 7-9 var. (legends); North 672; SCBC 1093. EF, attractively toned. Scarce.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex John Jordan Collection (Triton II, 1 December 1998), lot 1267.