Watch List notes:

Wessex, Aethelred I (865/6-71), Penny, 1.20g, Lunettes coinage, Wessex regular group, Canterbury dies, Torhtmund, bust right breaking legend and inner circle, prominent nose and tidy style, +aeÐelred rex, rev. nd mo / torhtmv / neta within and between type A lunettes, trefoil of pellets above m of mo (Lyons and MacKay group II, var I - unlisted in corpus; N.622a; S.1055), small areas of rust-like deposit but a superb, lustrous and problem-free piece with a pleasing old collection tone, extremely fine, Aethelred I one of the harder kings of Wessex to source.

Estimate: £2,500.00 - £3,500.00