Triton XVIII, Lot: 1713. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Alfred the Great. 871-899. AR Penny (22mm, 1.61 g, 8h). Two-line (’Guthram’) type (BMC xiv). Lundene (London) mint; Cuthbeorht, moneyer. Struck circa 880-899. + ÆL FR ED RE, small cross pattée / CVDB/ERHT in two lines; between, pellet between two trefoils. SCBI 1 (Fitzwilliam), 552 = MEC 1, 1363; BMC 231; North 636; SCBC 1066. VF, toned. slightly wavy flan.

From the TJH Collection.