Triton XIX, Lot: 895. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Danish Northumbria). Cnut & Siefred (Sigeferth). Circa 900. AR Penny (20mm, 1.33 g, 6h). York mint. + EBR:·Λ·:EC·:E ·: C, inverted patriarchal cross / + MIR·ΛBLI·Λ FECT, small cross pattée, with pellet in 1st and 4th quarters. L&S Class VIc; SCBI 29 (Merseyside), 397 (same dies); BMC 1059; North 512; SCBC 1000. Good VF, toned, slight double strike on reverse. Rare.
From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CXX.1 (April 2012), no. HS 4748.