CNG 102, Lot: 1428. Estimate $500. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Edward the Elder. 899-924. AR Penny (22mm, 1.57 g, 6h). Circumscription cross/Horizontal-Trefoil variety (HCT 1E) type (BMC ii). Wessex dies (prob. Winchester); Æthered, moneyer. Late II period, circa 920-924. Small cross pattée / ÆÐER/ED M–O in two lines; three crosses pattée between, cross above and trefoil below. CTCE 69; SCBI –; North 649; SCBC 1087. Good VF, darkly toned, tiny edge split. Rare variety.