ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelwulf. 839-858. AR Penny (20mm, 1.13 g, 7h). Inscribed Cross type. Canterbury mint; Hunræd, moneyer. Struck circa 854-858.

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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelwulf. 839-858. AR Penny (20mm, 1.13 g, 7h). Inscribed Cross type. Canterbury mint; Hunræd, moneyer. Struck circa 854-858. + ΛEÐELVVLF REX, bare-headed bust right / + HVNR/ED MO within arms of voided long cross; N ·:E:· T Λ in quarters. Naismith C145e (same dies; this coin cited among ‘untraced’ coins in footnote 174); North 618; SCBC 1051. Toned, ragged edge, stress crack on reverse. VF. Bold portrait.

From the James & Martha Robertson Collection. Ex Baldwin’s 93 (5 May 2015), lot 13; W. H. Bennett Collection (Glendining, 4 October 1972), lot 611, purchased from A.H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd.


Closing Date and Time: 20 May 2020 at 13:53:20 ET.