ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelwulf. 839-858. AR Penny (21mm, 1.21 g, 9h). Inscribed Cross type. Canterbury mint, Æthelnoth, moneyer. Struck circa 854-858. + ΛEÐELVVLF REX, diademed bust right / + EÐELN OÐ MO N E T Λ arranged on limbs of, and around, beaded cross. Naismith C139p (this coin); SCBI 67 (BM), 1215 var. (retrograde N); North 618; SCBC 1051. Toned. Very small edge chip. Good VF.
From the G.W. Trow Collection, purchased from M. Rasmussen, May 2010. Ex Bruun Rasmussen 764 (11 December 2006), lot 5429.