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Triton XXIV 19-20 Jan 2021
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Alfred the Great. 871-899. AR Penny (20mm, 1.62 g, 11h). London monogram type (BMC ix). London mint; Tilwine, moneyer. Struck circa 880. ÆLFR ED REX, diademed and draped bust right / TILEVI(NE) MO(NE)TΛ above and below Londonia monogram flanked by small crosses pattée. Mackay, London B3, dies O3/R9 = SCBI 20 (Mack), 737 (this coin); BMC 116; North 646; SCBC 1062 (56th ed., this coin illustrated). Richly toned. Near EF. Very rare.
Ex Dr. A. Wayne Collection (Triton XIX, 5 January 2016), lot 911; L.M. LaRiviere Collection (Spink 160, 10 October 2002), lot 997; S. Holmgren Collection (Ahlstrom Mynthandel AB 62, 11 November 2000), lot 101; Spink Numismatic Circular XC.9 (November 1982), no. 8138; R. P. Mack Collection, purchased from Spink, 1954.
Struck after English forces recaptured London from the Danes in 886, the Londonia Monogram issue is the most celebrated of Alfred the Great's varied coinages. Specimens bearing the name of the moneyer Tilewine are rarer, and were struck for a shorter period, than the unsigned issue.
Ex Dr. A. Wayne Collection (Triton XIX, 5 January 2016), lot 911; L.M. LaRiviere Collection (Spink 160, 10 October 2002), lot 997; S. Holmgren Collection (Ahlstrom Mynthandel AB 62, 11 November 2000), lot 101; Spink Numismatic Circular XC.9 (November 1982), no. 8138; R. P. Mack Collection, purchased from Spink, 1954.
Struck after English forces recaptured London from the Danes in 886, the Londonia Monogram issue is the most celebrated of Alfred the Great's varied coinages. Specimens bearing the name of the moneyer Tilewine are rarer, and were struck for a shorter period, than the unsigned issue.