(x) Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924), Penny, 1.65g, 3h, portrait type, London, Igere, + eadvveard rex, diademed and draped bust left within solid inner circle, rev. igereii moneta in two lines divided by three crosses, trefoils of pellets above and below (BMC VII,6; SCBI 20 (Mack), 752 this coin; N.651; S.1084), a spot of verdigris in the first v, some details weak but overall extremely fine, with an attractive old tone typical of the Vatican hoard.
Provenance:
Purchased from M Roberts
Lockett, part X, Glendining, 26-27 April 1960, lot 3654, 'extremely fine and rare', £42
Vatican hoard, c. 1929 (BNJ XXXIII 1964, pp. 7-29), no. 441
Estimate: £3,000.00 - £4,000.00