CNG 105, Lot: 1193. Estimate $1000. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Edward the Elder. 899-924. AR Penny (21mm, 1.63 g, 3h). Circumscription cross/Horizontal-Pellet (HP1) type (BMC ii). Wessex dies (prob. Winchester); Regenulf, moneyer. Middle period II, circa 910-915. + EADVVEARD REX, small cross pattée / RÆGEN/VLF M–O in two lines; three crosses pattée between, pellet above and below. CTCE 248iii; SCBI 6 (Edinburgh), 100 var. (Middle period I); North 649; SCBC 1087. EF, lightly toned, minor surface flaw at bottom of reverse. Neat style.