Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 2107. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON. Kings of Wessex. Alfred the Great. 871-899. AR Penny (1.24 gm, 3h). First coinage, lunette type, circa 871-875. Canterbury mint; Duni(nc?), moneyer. Diademed bust right / MON ETA in unbroken lunettes above and below DVNI (upside-down). SCBI -; North 625; SCBC 1057. Fine, find patina, minor green encrustation on obverse. ($500)

From the Dr. Thomas Dailey Collection.