Watch List notes:

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Eadred. 946-955. AR Penny (21mm, 1.42 g, 12h). Bust Crowned (BC) type (BMC v). Uncertain mint; Wilferth, moneyer. + EDRED REX, crowned bust right / + VVILFREÐ ИOИET, small cross pattée. CTCE 269; SCBI 34 (BM), 717 var. (rev. legends); North 713; SCBC 1115. Richly toned. EF. Struck on a broad flan. Very rare.


From the G.W. Trow Collection. Ex Charles Collection (Dix, Noonan, & Webb 93, 26 September 2011), lot 1015; R.C. Lockett Collection (English Part I, Glendining's, 6 June 1955), lot 601; E.W. Rashleigh Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 21 June 1909), lot 265.