Triton XX, Lot: 1502. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of East Anglia. Æthelstan I. Circa 827-845. AR Penny (19mm, 1.34 g, 6h). Non-portrait type, early phase. Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?). Struck circa 830-837/8. + EDE·L··S·TA·Λ·I·, large barred A, pellets flanking, no inner circle / + REX ANG (pellets and wedges within), large barred ω, pellets flanking, no inner circle. Naismith E32 var. (pellets in legends); SCBI –; cf. BMC 19; North 439; SCBC 950. VF, toned, tiny edge nick. Rare.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CXIV.5 (October 2006), no. HS2572.