CNG 106, Lot: 1089. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Danish Northumbria). Imitations of Alfred the Great. Circa 885-915. AR Penny (20mm, 1.34 g, 6h). Imitating Oxford mint/Orsnaforda type (BMC xviii) of Alfred. Uncertain moneyer. Struck circa 895-900/05. ELFRED+ across central field; ORSИΛ/FORDI (pellets around both Os) in two lines above and below, quatrefoils in upper and lower margins / ΛIBIBI/OIDBKI (pellets around O) in two lines; three crosses pattée between. SCBI 2 (Glasgow), 581 var. (slightly different legends); North 472; SCBC 971. EF, attractively toned, with traces of red wax. Rare, especially with a reverse not citing moneyer Beornweald.