CNG 105, Lot: 1194. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelstan. 924-939. AR Penny (23mm, 1.54 g, 8h). Circumscription Rosette type. Shrewsbury mint; Eoformund, moneyer. + ÆÐELSTΛN REX TOB, rosette / •+• EOFERMVИD M SCROB, rosette. Blunt, Aethelstan 366; SCBI 34 (BM), 196 var. (legends); North 680; SCBC 1098. EF, lightly toned, minor double strike in part of legend. Very rare.