CNG 102, Lot: 1437. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Eadred. 946-955. AR Penny (22mm, 1.18 g, 3h). Horizontal-Trefoil 1 (HT 1) type (BMC i). Mint in the Midlands or South; Beso, moneyer. Small cross pattée / BESE MONETO in two lines; +++ between, trefoils above and below. CTCE 14; SCBI 34 (BM), 507 var. (rev. legend); North 706; SCBC 1113. VF, lightly toned. Very rare moneyer, and with a very unusual reading of MONETO.

From the R. D. Frederick Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 91 (19 September 2012), lot 1460.