ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Alfred the Great. 871-899. AR Penny (19mm, 1.42 g, 9h). Lunettes A type. Canterbury mint; Denewald, moneyer. Struck 871-circa 875. Near EF.

Triton XXVII
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Alfred the Great. 871-899. AR Penny (19mm, 1.42 g, 9h). Lunettes A type. Canterbury mint; Denewald, moneyer. Struck 871-circa 875. + AELFRED REX, diademed and draped bust right / + DE(NE)VAL across central field; · D MON · · ETΛ :· in lunettes above and below, respectively. Lyons & MacKay, Lunettes Afl2.19 (dies B/b) = Blunt & Dolley, “The Hoard Evidence for the Coinage of Alfred,” in BNJ 29 (1959), p. 229 = C. Anderson, Chronicles of the Parish of Croyden, Surrey: Saxon Croydon (Boston, 1877), p. 144, no. 9 (this coin); SCBI –; North 626; SCBC 1057. Attractively toned, crisply struck. Near EF. Very rare and with a remarkable pedigree.

From the Causeway Collection. Ex St. Mary’s College (Morton & Eden 105, 28 November 2019), lot 387; Spink Numismatic Circular C.2 (March 1992), no. 864; Spink Numismatic Circular LXXXVI.5 (May 1978), no. 6343; Spink Numismatic Circular XXV.4 (April 1927), no. 66997; Spink Numismatic Circular XXXIII.3-4 (March 1925), no. 38445; Spink Numismatic Circular XXXII.1-2 (January 1924), no. 27248; Spink Numismatic Circular XXVI.11-12 (November 1918), no. 67293; O. Fitch Collection; W. Allen (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge 14 March 1898), lot 185; 1862 Croydon, Sussex Hoard.


The final winners of all Triton XXVII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 9-10 January 2024.

Triton XXVII – Session Four – Lot 984–1341 will be held Wednesday afternoon, 10 January 2024 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.

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