Triton XX, Lot: 1529. Estimate $10000. Sold for $25000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Edward the Elder. 899-924. AR Penny (21mm, 1.57 g, 4h). Bust Diademed (BD) type (BMC iii). Mercia North West mint (probably Chester); Dudig, moneyer. Early period II, circa 903-910. + EADVVEARD REX, diademed bust left / DVDIG/MON in two lines; + · + between, trefoil above and below. CTCE 16 (this coin referenced, illustrated); SCBI 9 (Ashmolean), 306 - same rev. die; cf. BMC 77; North 651; SCBC 1084 (this coin illustrated). EF, lightly toned. A most handsome example with a characterful portrait. Very rare.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Magnus Collection (Spink 212, 28 March 2012), lot 793, purchased from Spink, April 1982; R. C. Lockett Collection (Part III, Glendining, 28 May 1959), lot 2715; E. W. Rashleigh Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 21 June 1909), lot 235; J. W. Martin Collection (Sotheby & Wilkinson, 23 May 1859), lot 23.

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