Triton XX, Lot: 1523. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelwulf. 839-858. AR Penny (20.5mm, 1.13 g, 11h). Rochester mint; Æthelhere, moneyer. Struck 844-846/7. + EÐELVVLF REX, cross pattée; wedges in angles / + EÐELHERE, cross with two limbs moline. Naismith R22; SCBI 30 (American), 284; BMC 89; North 607; SCBC 1046. Good VF, reverse double struck, minor edge loss. Very rare.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Dix, Noonan, Webb 99 (14 March 2012), lot 366.