Watch List notes:

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Alfred the Great. 871-899. AR Penny (19mm, 1.54 g, 8h). Two-line ('Guthram') type (BMC xiv). Mercian dies; Buga, moneyer . Struck circa 880-899. Small cross pattée / BVGA/MON in two lines, ·: · :· between. SCI 2 (Hunterian), 563; North 637; SCBC 1066. Toned, slightly worn dies. VF.

Ex Raymond Gardner (Spink 265, 10 December 2019), lot 40; Spink Numismatic Circular CXII.2 (April 2004), no. HS1562; Spink Numismatic Circular XCVII.10 (December 1989), no. 6554; T. W. J. D. Dupree Collection (purchased en bloc by Spink, 1989); J.J. North Collection (purchased by Spink, 1964).