386, Lot: 702. Estimate $150. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelstan. 924-939. Cut AR Halfpenny (22mm, 0.73 g, 1h). Circumscription Cross type (BMC v). Leigceaster (Chester) mint; Paules, moneyer. + T D : ΛEÐELSTΛN RE[X TOT BRIT], small cross pattée / + PΛ • VLE (retrograde Z) [M – O LEG C]F, small cross pattée. Cf. Blunt, Aethelstan 150 (for type); SCBI 34 (BM), –; North 671; SCBC 1092. VF, toned, light scratches, slightly crimped flan.