Triton XX, Lot: 1527. Estimate $7500. Sold for $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Alfred the Great. 871-899. AR Penny (19mm, 1.55 g, 12h). London monogram type (BMC vi). London mint; uncertain moneyer. Struck circa 880. ÆLFR ED REX, diademed bust right; pellets above / Londonia monogram; small crosses pattée above, triangle of pellets below. SCBI 29 (Merseyside), 436 (same obv. die); BMC 87 var. (additional symbol on rev.); North 644; SCBC 1061. Good VF, very slightly double struck on nose and eye, old dark tone. Very rare.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Purchased from Steve Lockett, 9 February 2007; Lanz 129 (23 May 2006) lot 885.