Triton XIX, Lot: 858. Estimate $4000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Archbishops of Canterbury. Iænberht. 765-792. AR Penny (17mm, 1.15 g, 12h). With Offa as overlord. Canterbury mint. Struck circa 779-792. + IENBERHT Λ(RX)P, cross potent, wedges in angles / OFFΛ REX in two lines, ornamented bar in between, cross above and below. Chick 153; SCBI 9 (Ashmolean) 42; BMC 20; North 223; SCBC 882 (this coin illustrated). VF, deeply toned. Very rare.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection, purchased from Mark Rasmussen, 13 April 2011.

The Standard Catalogue of British Coins (50th edition) plate coin.