CNG 97, Lot: 1008. Estimate $3000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Edward the Elder. 899-924. AR Penny (23mm, 1.62 g, 3h). Local imitation of Bust Diademed (BD) type (BMC iii). + EΛDVVEΛRD REX, crude diademed and draped bust left / IIEBEIED IIEEIEI (crescent and trefoil) in two lines; +++ between, trefoils flanking cross above and below. SCBI –; BMC –; North 651; SCBC 1085. VF, lightly toned, a couple flat spots.

From the Collection of an Underwriter. Ex Warwick & Warwick 654 (16 June 2010), lot 107.