413, Lot: 699. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Alfred the Great. 871-899. AR Penny (20.5mm, 1.07 g, 8h). Cross-and-Lozenge type (BMC v). Winchester style; Heahstan, moneyer. Struck circa 875-880. [+ ÆL]FR ED REXS Λ, diademed bust right / (HE)[Λ H]STΛ N MO (NE)TΛ, cross pattée within lozenge over long beaded cross; crossbars at lozenge ends. Blackburn & Keynes 47 var. = SCBI 68 (Lyon), 606 var. (obv. legend break); North 629; SCBC 1058. VF, toned, broken and repaired, with some loss. Very rare.

From the Norman Frank Collection.

It is possible that this coin is Blackburn & Keynes 48, from the Grantley Collection and Cuerdale Hoard, but that coin was not illustrated, weighed, or described in detail in any publication.