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Auction: 11024 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 15

Wessex, Aethelwulf (839-58), Penny, 1.38g, phase IV, 854-58, inscribed cross type, Rochester, Tirwald, draped bust right, +aedelvvlf rex, rev. +tirva / ld / mo on arms of open cross, n / e / t/ a in angles (Naismith R41.2b - this coin; N.618; S.1051), lightly toned, good very fine, very rare Estimate £ 2,000-2,500 Although attributed to Rochester on the grounds that Tirwald is assigned as a moneyer working at Rochester, this coin is struck from dies almost certainly cut at Canterbury. provenance SNC July 1941, item 9593 Carlyon Britton collection, sold privately H.M. Montagu, Sotheby, 18-23 November 1895, lot 487 Addington, collection bt. H.M. Montagu, 1883 J.B. Bergne, Sotheby, 20 May 1873, lot 144 J.D. Cuff, Sotheby, 8 June 1854, lot 429 The Montagu sale includes a note that this coin is that engraved for Ruding plate D, no. 25, Ruding obtaining it for this purpose from Cuff.

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