Triton XIX, Lot: 900. Estimate $5000. Sold for $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Hiberno-Norse Northumbria). St. Peter coinage. Circa 921-927. AR Penny (19mm, 1.19 g, 3hh). Sword/Hammer type. York mint. Struck under Sihtric II Caech. SCIIE/TIIIIO in two lines, voided sword and cross between, trefoils above and below / + ERIVIITOI, voided hammer, pellet in handle; horizontal lines flanking. Stewart & Lyon dies 26a; SCBI 4 (Copenhagen), 591 (same dies); BMC –; North 556; SCBC 1015 (this coin illustrated). EF, attractive old tone, good metal. Rare.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex J. A. Hall (DNW 71, 28 September 2006), lot 33; Triton IV (5-6 December 2000), lot 942; L. R. Stack (Sotheby’s, 22 April 1999), lot 384; F. Knobloch (Coin Galleries, 12 November 1986), lot 991.

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