From the 1928 Vatican Hoard
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Edward the Elder. 899-924. AR Penny (22mm, 1.59 g, 6h). Circumscription cross/Horizontal-Pellet (HP1) type (BMC ii). Kentish dies; Hunfrith, monyer. Early period II, circa 903-910. + EADVVEARD REX, small cross pattée / HVNF/REÐ M–O in two lines; three cross between, pellets above and below. CTCE 215 = Vatican Hoard 287 (this coin); SCBI –; BMC –; North 649; SCBC 1087. Near EF, toned.
Ex Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (English - Part III, Glendining’s, 4 November 1958), lot 2727; Glendining’s (16 May 1929), lot 89 (part of); 1928 Vatican Hoard, no. 59.
In the 10th century, the Kings of Wessex collected a tax known as the Romescot, or Peter’s Pence. Collected annually on St. Peter’s day, this tax was sent to the Holy See in Rome. This practice is the likely source for a number of Anglo-Saxon coin hoards found in Rome.
