CNG 91, Lot: 1455. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Edward the Elder. 899-924. AR Penny (23mm, 1.55 g, 12h). Circumscription cross/Horizontal-Trefoil 1 (HT1) type (BMC ii). Mercia North-East dies (Stamford?); Badda, moneyer. Late I period, circa 915-920. X EADVVEARD RE+, small cross pattée / BADDA MO in two lines; +•++ between, trefoils above and below. CTCE 82i; SCBI 26 (East Anglia), 131 var. (position of pellet on rev.); BMC –; North 649; SCBC 1087. Good VF, lightly toned.