Triton XIX, Lot: 918. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelstan. 924-939. AR Penny (22mm, 1.40 g, 4h). Circumscription Cross type (BMC v). York mint; Regnald, moneyer. + EÐELSTΛN REX TOBRIΓ, small cross pattée / + REGИΛLD Mo EFoRDI:C, cross pattée, pellets in angles. Blunt, Aethelstan 233; SCBI 2 (Edinburgh), 162 var. (legends); SCBI 34 (BM), 106–8 var. (same); North 672; SCBC 1093. Choice EF, lustrous. Rare. By far the finest example of this type from the hoard.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Eboracum ‘Ryedale’ Hoard (Spink 228, 25 March 2015), lot 473. Hoard discovered May 2012 - see PAS YORYM-BC3AB2.