Triton XX, Lot: 1514. Estimate $15000. Sold for $20000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Hiberno-Norse Northumbria). Anlaf Guthfrithsson. 939-941. AR Penny (21.5mm, 1.39 g, 12h). Raven type. Southumbrian mint, probably Lincoln; Litelman, moneyer. + ONLΛF CVNVHC, raven with wings displayed, head left / + LITILHAN • MOHETΛ, small cross pattée. CTCE Group IV am - same obv. die, unlisted moneyer; SCBI –; BMC –; cf. North 537/1; SCBC 1019. EF, lightly toned. Small mark on reverse. Broad flan. Of the highest rarity and the only example known of this moneyer.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Purchased from Ormonde Coins, 28 April 2013.

This coin shares an obverse die and anomalous style with the unique Raven penny struck by the moneyer Odeler. Both the authors of CTCE and Mark Blackburn believed that the coin of Odeler should be attributed to a mint other than York. Lincoln has been proposed. The fact that the moneyer Litleman is only otherwise known to strike for the kings of Wessex namely Aethelstan, Eadmund, and Eadwig strengthens this view.