Triton XX, Lot: 1504. Estimate $2500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of East Anglia. Æthelstan I. Circa 827-845. AR Penny (20mm, 1.30 g, 12h). Non-portrait type, late phase. Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Æthelhelm, moneyer. Struck circa 837/8-845. EDELSTAN REX (S retrograde and horizontal), cross pattée, wedges in angles / EÐELHELM MO A, cross pattée, pellets in angles. Naismith E42.2 var. (legends); SCBI –; BMA 239 var. (same); North 447/2; SCBC 951. Good VF. Very rare variety.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Baldwin’s 77 (27 September 2012), lot 2527.