Triton XX, Lot: 1522. Estimate $5000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelwulf. 839-858. AR Penny (20mm, 1.25 g, 12h). Canterbury mint. Manna, moneyer. Struck 844-849. + EÐEIVVLE RE+ (second L retrograde), diademed bust right / + MΛNNΛ IIOHETΛ, cross-crosslet. Naismith C115.3l (this coin); SCBI 2 (Glasgow), 543; BMA 427; North 610; SCBC 1047. Good VF, toned. Very rare.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex J. Hall Collection (Dix, Noonan, Webb 71, 20 September 2006), lot 35; Lawrence R. Stack Collection (Sotheby’s, 22 April 1999), lot 395; F. Knobloch Collection (Coin Galleries, 12 November 1986), lot 992; V. J. E. Ryan Collection (Part II, Glendining’s, 22 January 1952), lot 698.