CNG 97, Lot: 986. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of East Anglia. Æthelstan I. Circa 827-845. AR Penny (20mm, 1.32 g, 6h). Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?). Struck circa 830-837/8. + EDELSTA•ΛI, large barred A / EDEL ω TAH ω EX (retrograde, read from outside), ‘omega-cross’. Naismith E32.2 var. (legends); SCBI –; BMC –; BMA 266–7 var. (same); North 439 var. (legends, no cross in center of rev.); SCBC 952. Near EF, toned, minor surface cracks, small nick on edge. Extremely rare variety, Naismith records only two examples of his E32.2 type with the king’s name on both sides.

From the Collection of an Underwriter. Ex Baldwin’s 77 (27 September 2012), lot 2526.