Alfred the Great (871 – 899 AD) Two Line Type Penny; Third Coinage, Mercia, Bvga. 1.63g. (N. 637, S. 1066). REF: 0HCEYN.
Obverse: Central cross, inscription around +EL FR ED RE. Reverse: Central line of a single central pellet, and pellet trefoils at 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock, dividing bold inscription BVGA / MON.
Full weight, pleasant grey-brown toning, old discrete scratch on the reverse, obverse struck from a rusty die. Scarce. These dies, EMC: 1024.0385 (SCBI: 24/385, West Country Museums), 1048.0863 (SCBI: 48/863, Northern Museums). nVF/VF.
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