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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Edward the Elder. 899-924. AR Penny (21mm, 1.44 g, 7h). Small cross/Horizontal-Pellet 1 (HP 1) type (BMC ii). Wessex (Winchester?) dies; Wulfræd, moneyer. Early period I, struck circa 899-903. Small cross pattée / VVLF+/RED MO in two lines; + • • between, pellet above and below. Cf. CTCE 304; North 649; SCBC 1087. Richly toned, minor rim loss. VF.
Ex Lord Stewartby (Part I, Spink 234, 22 March 2016), lot 153, purchased August 1979. Ex Glendining's (20 June 1973), lot 325.
Curiously, this coin shares a reverse die with a portrait issue of Edward, see CNG 66, lot 1972 and Lord Stewarby (Spink 234), lot 151.
Ex Lord Stewartby (Part I, Spink 234, 22 March 2016), lot 153, purchased August 1979. Ex Glendining's (20 June 1973), lot 325.
Curiously, this coin shares a reverse die with a portrait issue of Edward, see CNG 66, lot 1972 and Lord Stewarby (Spink 234), lot 151.