CNG 108, Lot: 1135. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Alfred the Great. 871-899. AR Penny (19mm, 1.25 g, 12h). London monogram type (BMC vi). London mint. Struck circa 880. ÆLFR ED REX, diademed bust right / Londonia monogram, central O filled with pellets; small crosses pattée above. SCBI 9 (Ashmolean), 248; BMC 91 var. (additional symbols on rev.); North 644; SCBC 1061. Good Fine, deeply toned, rim perforation, some marks. Rare.

Ex Glendining (13 March 1974), lot 81; C. Anthony Collection, purchased by Seaby in 1948.