Triton XX, Lot: 1513. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Hiberno-Norse Northumbria). Sihtric Caech. 920/1-927. AR Penny (19.5mm, 1.03 g, 12h). Circumscription sword type. Southumbrian mint, probably Lincoln. + SITIC DICEX· (S horizontal), sword right / + DIIVIDDIVI, inverted hammer. Blackburn, Supp., A6, a (dies F/f) = EMC 2009.0243 = Coin Register 2010, 202 (this coin); SCBI –; BMC –; North –; SCBC 1013 (this coin illustrated). VF, minor repair to rim, some cracks and perforations. The only known example of this type to name Sihtric.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Dix, Noonan, Webb 83 (30 September 2009), lot 3820. Found near Newark, Nottinghamshire, circa 2003/4.

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