CNG 96, Lot: 1404. Estimate $4000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelstan. 924-939. AR Penny (21mm, 1.52 g, 9h). Bust Crowned (BC) type (BMC viii). Uncertain mint; Fredhard, moneyer. Struck 933-938. + EÐELSTΛN R+, crowned bust right / • FREDΛRD MONETΛ (retrograde and inverted, except last letter), small cross pattée. Blunt, Aethelstan 318; SCBI 30 (American), 341 var. (rev. legend not retrograde or inverted); EMC –; North 673; SCBC 1094. Near EF, toned, flan bent, minor rim split, tiny edge chip. Strong portrait, and an unpublished variety with this unusual reverse legend orientation.

From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Dix, Noonan, Webb 73A (14 March 2007), lot 1467.