Triton XX, Lot: 1471. Estimate $7500. Sold for $14000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Kent. Eadberht Praen. Circa 796-798. AR Penny (18mm, 1.23 g, 12h). Canterbury mint; Æsne, moneyer. Struck 769-7. EAD/BERHT/REX in three lines; triple pellets flanking top and bottom lines / AE/SNE in two lines, each flanked by triple pellets, divided by bone-shaped ornament with central pelleted line. Naismith C1b = EMC 2009.0092 = Coin Register 2010, 173 (this coin); SCBI –; cf. North 29; SCBC 875 (this coin illustrated). Near EF, some light porosity on revese, toned. Very rare.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection, purchased from York Coins, 15 February 2012. Found in Marlborough, Wiltshire, in January 2009.

The Standard Catalogue of British Coins (50th edition) plate coin