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Early Anglo-Saxon Coins
BRITISH COINS, Kings of Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924), Penny, Portrait type [HLT 1], Leofhelm, eadvveard rex around diademed bust left, rev. liofhelm m¯o divided by three crosses pattée, trefoils of pellets flanking further cross pattée above, trefoil of pellets below, 1.58g/12h (CTCE 31; SCBI Ashmolean 309 and CNG 103, 1164, same dies; BMC –; N 651; S 1084). Slightly crimped, otherwise about very fine, clear portrait, toned, rare £1,500-2,000
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Provenance: G.C. Drabble Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 4-6 July 1939, lot 397; SNC July-August 1970 (8290)
BRITISH COINS, Kings of Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924), Penny, Portrait type [HLT 1], Leofhelm, eadvveard rex around diademed bust left, rev. liofhelm m¯o divided by three crosses pattée, trefoils of pellets flanking further cross pattée above, trefoil of pellets below, 1.58g/12h (CTCE 31; SCBI Ashmolean 309 and CNG 103, 1164, same dies; BMC –; N 651; S 1084). Slightly crimped, otherwise about very fine, clear portrait, toned, rare £1,500-2,000
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Provenance: G.C. Drabble Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 4-6 July 1939, lot 397; SNC July-August 1970 (8290)