Triton XIX, Lot: 917. Estimate $1500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Edward the Elder. 899-924. AR Penny (23mm, 1.56 g, 2h). Circumscription cross/Horizontal-Trefoil 1 (HT 1) type (BMC ii). London mint; Beagræd, moneyer. Late period II, circa 920-924. + EADVVEARD REX, small cross pattée / BEAH/RED MO in two lines; three crosses pattée between, trefoils above and below. CTCE 83; SCBI 9 (Ashmolean), 294; BMC –; North 649; SCBC 1087. Choice EF, richly toned.
From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex St. James’s 5 (27 September 2006), lot 12.