Triton XIX, Lot: 889. Estimate $2500. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of East Anglia. Æthelstan I. Circa 827-845. AR Penny (20mm, 1.24 g, 5h). Non-portrait type. Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Monna; moneyer. AEÐILSTAN P (S retrograde and horizontal), cross pattée / MOH MOHET, cross pattée, pellets in angles. Naismith E45.3 var. (legends); SCBI –; BMA 248–50 var. (same); North 446/2; SCBC 951 (this coin illustrated). EF. Rare.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection, purchased from Spink, 30 June 2008 .

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