Edward the Elder Two Line Type Penny

Edward the Elder (899 – 924 AD) Two Line Type Penny; HT1, Winchester, Athelwulf. 1.61g. (N. 649, S. 1087). REF: 4521MN.

Obverse: Central cross-pattée, inscription around +EADVVEARD REX. Reverse: Two dots above and one below, central line of three cross-pattée dividing inscription AĐEL / VULFMO.

Big flan, full weight, crisp strike and clean fields; lightly toned silver with a hint of gold toning around the lettering. A lovely coin. These dies EMC: 1006.0084 (SCBI: 6/84, National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, Edinburgh). Extremely fine.

Provenance:

Spink Numismatic Circular, 6796, August 1971.

Price: £1,450 Status: Sold
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