ANGLO-SAXON. Kings of Wessex. Alfred the Great. 871-899. AR two-line penny. 1.52 gm. 21 mm. Third coinage (circa 880-899) Canterbury type. BMC xvii. Danish East Anglia. +ELFREDREX DORO around small cross / Moneyer's name in two lines with pellets above, below, and in between; BIRHV IDMO. S. 1069. N. 638. Near Extremely Fine; sharp high relief strike on large flan; beautiful old toning. Extremely rare.

The reverse die and lettering is similar to Plate X:18 in Dolley, Anglo Saxon Coins. The coin overall has similarities to coin 16 on the same plate. Cf also SCBI 9 (Ashmolean), 277 to 279 for similar issues. North cites Burnwald as a moneyer for the Alfred two line series and this could be an imitation of or a prologue to that moneyer's name in a more legible fashion.