A GOLD penny of Ecgberht, King of the West Saxons (802-839), discovered in West Dean is expected to fetch £150,000 to £200,000 when it goes under the hammer at auction. It is featured in a sale of coins and historical medals on September 7 and 8 at international coins, medals, banknotes and jewellery specialists Dix Noonan Webb. The coin is understood to be the only late Anglo-Saxon gold coin in private hands; the other eight specimens are in institutions - the British Museum having seven and another being in Lausanne. PICTURES: Dix Noonan Webb The gold penny, or Mancus of 30 Pence, was discovered by a metal detectorist in West Dean in March 2020.