Triton XX, Lot: 1536. Estimate $10000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelstan. 924-939. AR Penny (21mm, 1.40 g, 8h). Tower type (BMC iv). North-Eastern III mint; Froteger, moneyer. + AEDEISTAN REX (three wedges), small cross pattée / FR OT/IER M/MON in field around building set on ground line. Blunt, Aethelstan 441; SCBI 9 (Ashmolean), 324; North 683; SCBC 1100. EF, a few very light marks, small bend on rim. Very rare and the finest example of this type from the hoard.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Spink 228 (25 March 2015), lot 468; 2012 Eboracum ‘Ryedale’ Hoard (PAS YORYM-BC3AB2).