CNG 97, Lot: 985. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of East Anglia. Æthelstan I. Circa 827-845. AR Penny (19.5mm, 1.26 g, 9h). Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?). Struck circa 830-837/8. + EDEL•STAN, large barred A, no inner circle / + REX ANG (wedges within), large barred ω, no inner circle. Naismith E32.1y corr. (this coin, no pellets on rev.); SCBI –; BMC 19 var. (with inner circles); North 439; SCBC 950. VF, toned, minor edge chip, faint crease on reverse. Rare.

From the Collection of an Underwriter. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CXX.1 (April 2012), no. HS4744; Spink Numismatic Circular CIII.7 (September 1995), no. 4792; Sotheby’s (9 October 1992), lot 948.